Losses At TIDAL Only Tell Part Of The Story

Following the Wall Street Journal's recent piece showing some rather ominous numbers coming from TIDAL, Jon Maples takes a closer look at some of the streaming services financials, revealing a. Continue reading

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Is Buying Tidal A Waste Of Apple’s Money?

Although Apple is allegedly in talks to purchase Jay-Z's streaming service Tidal, it's hard to see what exactly what the benefit would be for Tim Cook's company, as Apple is. Continue reading

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4 Big Music Business Stories You Missed Over The July 4th Weekend

I hope that you had a restful holiday weekend. I caught up on sleep, as apparently did Kayne West and his celebrity friends, according to his controversial new video, which. Continue reading

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RIAA CTO David Hughes Responds To Hi-Res Music “Confusion”

Last week we published a piece by Bobby Oswinski of Music 3.0 describing what he sees as the "confusing" new RIAA campaign to promote Hi-Res music.  Today, David Hughes, the Chief. Continue reading

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TuneCore Reports 90% Streaming and Download Growth, But Just 6.3% Rise in Payments To Artists

D.I.Y. digital distributor TuneCore announced today that is artists had a collective 3.6 billion downloads and streams in the last 3 months. That resulted in 90% increase versus the same. Continue reading

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Contract Leak Shows How Sony Let Spotify Get Off Cheap

Yesterday the 2011-2013 contract between Sony Music and Spotify leaked online.  Fascinating reading, it offers as many questions as answers. David Lowery took a look at the deal and noticed,. Continue reading

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TIDAL Launches ‘Rising Artist’ Promo As App Returns To Top 20

UPDATED: It's been a rough few weeks for TIDAL, but lately Jay Z & Company have been doing a better job of messaging. Today they launched a new developing artist feature and. Continue reading

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This Week in Music Commentary

Former Rhapsody, Sony Exec Sends An Open Letter To The Music Business How TIDAL Could Deliver On It's Promises 8 Experts Make A Case For Why “Physical” Recorded Music Still. Continue reading

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How TIDAL Could Deliver On It’s Promises

The continued media feeding frenzy around Jay-Z’s TIDAL demonstrates just how valuable star power is for cutting through the clutter. What has helped sustain interest is Jay-Z’s vision for delivering. Continue reading

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SiriusXM Indies Award Nominees Announced

Canadian Music Week has announced the nominees for the 2015 SiriusXM Indies – the 15th Annual Independent Music Awards. 

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