Tidal is hosting its third annual Tidal X: Brooklyn concert. Ticket sales will benefit relief efforts for natural disasters, a fitting cause after multiple earthquakes and hurricanes wreaked havoc in across North America and the Caribbean in recent weeks. Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz is the latest car manufacturer to enter into a partnership with a music company. Starting in 2018, the company is offering one full year of free access to Tidal HiFi to customers who sign up as members of its Me in-car automation and entertainment service. Continue Reading
Sprint is offering its customers free tickets to Jay-Z’s 4:44 tour when they sign up for a trial membership to the Tidal streaming service. This deal marks a further tightening the bonds between the music platform and the mobile telecom following Sprint’s acquisition of a 33% stake in Tidal at the start of the year. Continue Reading
Tidal has hired a new CEO, its fourth in about two years. Richard Sanders is the latest exec to enter a post that has become a revolving door for the niche streaming service. Former SoundCloud exec Jeff Toig exited Tidal’s top role in March. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Spotify is with the “banned”. Exclusivity window (sort of) ends for 4:44, but the album won’t be on Billboard charts yet. Continue Reading
Last week marked the release of 4:44, the much-anticipated new album from Jay-Z. The work was released as an exclusive to Tidal, which is owned by Jay-Z and Sprint, which bought a 33% stake at the start of 2017. The release has not been the smoothest of sailing, an indicator that exclusive album releases are still a contentious approach to distribution that require careful planning to be successful. Continue Reading
Tidal is joining the bandwagon of streaming music sites to expand into podcast hosting. Tidal On Air is its new podcast hub, which has already signed on five shows centered on music. Their first episodes will be available exclusively to Tidal subscribers. Continue Reading
Jay-Z is releasing a new album at the end of the month, but it will be exclusive to his Tidal streaming platform. This new exclusive title, 4:44, marks the first such development for Tidal after its partnership with Sprint. In January, Sprint purchased a 33% stake in the streaming company. With this first shared exclusive, new customers of the telecom’s can have a six-month free trial of Tidal HiFi and listen to the new album for free. Continue Reading
Tidal CEO Jeff Toig has stepped down from the top position at the streaming company. “As part of Tidal’s continued expansion this year we will be announcing a new CEO in the coming weeks,” the business said in a statement. Continue Reading
Tidal announced the hire of two industry leaders to newly created roles on its content team. Tony Gervino will assume the role of VP, culture and content, while Elliott Wilson’s new title is editorial director, culture and content, hip-hop. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Why is Sprint throwing money at Tidal? A profile on China’s Tencent. Hulu’s VR music reality show. Continue Reading
Sprint has purchased a stake in music streaming service Tidal. The telecom now owns a 33% share of the company, although in the announcement of the buy, Sprint said that Jay-Z and the other artist-owners of Tidal would continue to run the service. Continue Reading