Why Jay Z and Beyoncé’s latest move didn’t make industry ripples like it once might have
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Category archives: Jay-Z
As Artists Pull Their Music from the Service, TIDAL Faces Criminal Complaint Over Fake Streams
TIDAL remains suspiciously silent as the fallout over fake plays on Jay-Z’s streaming music platform continues to grow. Norwegian songwriters, composers, and music publishers have filed a complaint against Jay-Z’s streaming music service, T…
TIDAL Accused of Fraudulently Inflating Kanye, Beyonce and Subscriber Numbers
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 charts …
TIDAL accused of deliberately faking Kanye West and Beyoncé streaming numbers
Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv spills jaw-dropping revelations
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Latest Industry: Jay-Z, G-Eazy, Kanye West, Spotify, Pandora, Live Nation, the RIAA, More…
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 mobile app. The surve…
Latest Industry: Jay-Z, Spotify, YouTube, Xiaomi, Meek Mill, Russell Simmons, More…
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-adjusted guidance for its Q2 2018 has sc…
Less Than 180 Days Until TIDAL Runs Out of Cash
Jay Z has 99 problems. We now know that 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. The same week as the rapper’s highly-anticipated release, DJ Kh…
Why Everyone Is Stealing the Crap Out of Jay Z’s 4:44
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 — by the industry’s biggest players. Like Lucian Grainge, Jimmy Iovine, Kanye West, and Troy Carter, just to name a few. The verdict is in: […]
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Jay-Z’s 4:44, a TIDAL exclusive, illegally downloaded nearly 1m times in 3 days
MUSO data shows 56% of illegal activity around album took place in the US
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Kanye West Just Killed the Streaming Music Exclusive
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 exclusives. Jay Z’s TIDAL streaming service quickly followed suit. Now, in his public and bitter feud with Jay Z, Kanye West […]
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