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# Will Jay Z’s Tidal Service Have a Hard Knock Life?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/will-jay-zs-tidal-service-have-a-hard-knock-life/
- Published: 2015-03-31T11:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-31T11:59:00.000Z
- Description: In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, Cortney Harding and Kyle Bylin discuss whether Jay-Z's Tidal will have a hard knock life in the crowded subscription. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/will-jay-zs-tidal-service-have-a-hard-knock-life.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Podcasts, Startups & Funding, Streaming, Aspiro, Calvin Harris, iTunes, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Shareholder, Spotify, Streaming media, WiMP, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Tidal](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d0f8a7d0970c-150wi "Tidal")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d0f8a7d0970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, **Cortney Harding**  and **Kyle Bylin** discuss whether Jay-Z's Tidal will have a hard knock life in the crowded subscription music market.

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\_\_\_**Kyle Bylin** is a user researcher at SoundHound and author of [Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, and the Social Music Revolution](http://www.amazon.com/Promised-Land-Disruptive-Startups-Revolution-ebook/dp/B00MOZDNMQ?ref=hypebot.com).

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