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As Artists Pull Their Music from the Service, TIDAL Faces Criminal Complaint Over Fake Streams

As Artists Pull Their Music, TIDAL Faces Millions In Damages Over Fake Streams

May 15, 2018

TIDAL remains suspiciously silent as the fallout over fake plays continues to grow. Norwegian songwriters, composers, and music publishers have filed a complaint against Jay-Z’s streaming music service, TIDA... Read More...

TIDAL Accused of Fraudulently Inflating Kanye, Beyonce and Subscriber Numbers

Daniel Sanchez

May 9, 2018

How far did TIDAL go to promote Kanye West's The Life of Pablo and Beyoncé's Lemonade? Let’s face it. Jay-Z hasn’t had such a great time so far. First, his last 4:44 album didn’t appear on Billboard ch... Read More...

Music Industry Latest: Jay-Z, G-Eazy, Kanye West, Spotify, Pandora Media, Live Nation, the RIAA...More

Latest Industry: Jay-Z, G-Eazy, Kanye West, Spotify, Pandora, Live Nation, the RIAA, More…

Daniel Sanchez

May 4, 2018

Spotify + Hulu…and Scribd? According to a new report, Spotify may expand its entertainment bundle to include Scribd’s audiobook service. TechCrunch notes that the company has placed a consumer survey in its... Read More...

Latest Industry: Jay-Z, Spotify, YouTube, Xiaomi, Meek Mill, Russell Simmons, More…

Daniel Sanchez

May 3, 2018

No longer running with the bulls. Following its Q1 2018 results, Spotify shares have dropped more than 10%. The stock closed Wednesday at $170. Despite reporting better-than-expected earnings, its re-adjus... Read More...

Less Than 180 Days Until TIDAL Runs Out of Cash

Daniel Sanchez

December 13, 2017

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Jay Z has 99 problems. And TIDAL running out of cash is one of them. 2017 hasn’t been a good year for Jay Z. First, his latest album, 4:44, didn’t appear on Billboard charts. During its debut week, DJ K... Read More...

50 Cent on Jay-Z’s 4:44: ‘People Don’t Wanna Hear That S—t’

Paul Resnikoff

July 5, 2017

photo: Instagram Last week, 50 Cent ripped apart Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me. Now, he's torching Jay-Z's just-released 4:44. 50 Cent verbally dismantled Jay-Z latest album, 4:44, just moments after i... Read More...

Why Everyone Is Stealing the Crap Out of Jay Z’s 4:44

Paul Resnikoff

July 4, 2017

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Somewhere in Jay-Z's alternative universe, a Sprint/TIDAL-exclusive is a fantastic idea. The music industry got the memo on streaming exclusives in 2016! And this memo has been delivered — and re-delivered ... Read More...

Kanye West Just Killed the Streaming Music Exclusive

Daniel Sanchez

July 3, 2017

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As Kanye West and Jay Z prepare for a legal battle, their feud already has a victim: music exclusives. To grow their fledging music service, Apple implemented a new strategy: obtain and release album exclusi... Read More...

Jay Z Set to Launch Venture Capital Fund For Startups

Jay Z Is Starting a Venture Capital Fund For Startups

Daniel Sanchez

February 21, 2017

InvestmentTotal.com (CC by 2.0) First, an investment in Uber. Then, outright purchasing TIDAL. Now, a VC fund. What’s next for rapper and music mogul Jay Z? Always one to invest his hard-earned fortune, Jay ... Read More...

Jay Z’s Tidal Is Fraudulently Inflating Subscriber Numbers, Report Says (Updated)

Paul Resnikoff

January 20, 2017

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How many subscribers does TIDAL really have? A new study is now accusing the Jay Z-owned service of completely fabricating their numbers. And not by a little bit. Tidal claims to have more than 3 million pa... Read More...

Tidal and Roc Nation to Prince Estate: “Don’t Make Other Music Deals”

Daniel Sanchez

January 11, 2017

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Image by Frederick Dennstedt (CC by 2.0) Tidal and Roc Nation first sued the estate of late singer Prince as a warning shot. Then, the late singer’s estate, alongside NPG Records, fired back with a multi-mill... Read More...

Dwayne Walker Sues Beyonce Over Roc-a-Fella Image in Drunk in Love

Beyonce Sued for Millions Just for Flashing the Roc-a-Fella Logo

Daniel Sanchez

December 21, 2016

Image by tigga666 (CC by 2.0) Here’s a warning from Dwayne Walker to Beyonce: Don’t shoot a music video with my Roc-a-Fella logo on it, like in Drunk in Love. Designer Dwayne Walker is suing Beyonce for appa... Read More...

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