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Less Than 180 Days Until TIDAL Runs Out of Cash

December 13, 2017

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...

Kanye West Just Killed the Streaming Music Exclusive

Daniel Sanchez

July 3, 2017

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

Paul Resnikoff

January 20, 2017

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

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...

Jay Z and Tidal Shore Up 1 Million Paid Subscribers in Poland

Tidal Just Handed Out 1 Million Free Subscriptions in Poland…

Daniel Sanchez

December 15, 2016

Image by godwin d (CC by 2.0) Tidal subscription numbers still pale in comparison to Apple Music and Spotify. But all of that changes in Poland (sort of)... Jay Z's Tidal just added 1 million new subscriber... Read More...

Embroiled in Controversy, Jay Z Celebrates His 47th Birthday

Jay Z Is Almost 50 Years Old.

Daniel Sanchez

December 5, 2016

Image by whittlz (CC by 2.0) Time flies: rapper and Tidal CEO Jay Z just celebrated his 47th birthday with wife Beyonce and friends. It was a 'discreet affair'. On Saturday, December 3, rapper and producer ... Read More...

Prince Estate Files Lawsuit Against Tidal and Roc Nation

Prince Estate Files Lawsuit Against Tidal, Jay Z, and Roc Nation

Daniel Sanchez

November 17, 2016

Image by Vail Marston (CC by 2.0) How do you counter a Jay Z, Tidal, and Roc Nation preliminary lawsuit over Prince? That’s easy. With another lawsuit. On June 7th, the singer’s birthday, Tidal released 15 P... Read More...

Tidal And Roc Nation Claim To Own Rights to Prince Song Catalog

TIDAL and Roc Nation Claim to Own Exclusive Rights to Prince’s Catalog

Daniel Sanchez

November 15, 2016

Image by @DrGarcia (CC by 2.0) So, who owns the right to Prince’s catalog? TIDAL? Roc Nation? Universal? Anybody? Several days ago, DMN reported that Jay Z and his company TIDAL never secured the rights to p... Read More...

Jimmy Iovine Tells Buzzfeed That Apple Music Won't Purchase Tidal

No, Kanye West, Apple Music Won’t Buy Out Tidal

Daniel Sanchez

September 15, 2016

Sinking Ship 001 image by Tony Evans, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC by 2.0) Could this be the end for Tidal? No, Kanye West, No. Tidal’s not going to be bought out by Apple, des... Read More...

Does High-Fidelity Music In Streaming Really Matter? Probably Not, Says a CNBC Test

Daniel Sanchez

August 9, 2016

Music companies, music streaming companies, and manufacturers are pushing more and more for listeners to enjoy a truly beautiful sound experience without all that loss. The examples are everywhere: Tidal i... Read More...

Apple Music Scores Exclusive Rights to Britney Spears Next Album, Glory

Daniel Sanchez

August 4, 2016

In its battle with online music streaming giant Spotify, Apple Music appears to have gotten the upper-hand this time around. After The New York Times reported Apple Music scored an exclusive deal with R&B s... Read More...

Kanye West Tells Apple: ‘Give Jay Z His Check for Tidal…’

Daniel Sanchez

August 1, 2016

Going on another one of his all-too-common signature rants on Twitter, Kanye West sent out a tweet storm, calling on Apple and Tidal executives, along with several other big-names in the music industry to hold ... Read More...

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