This weekend, some of the music industry’s biggest names gathered in Cannes for the Midem conference. Many of the talks and interviews this year addressed the business of streaming. Here are some highlights from leaders at Sony Music, SoundCloud, YouTube, Believe Digital, and Tidal. Continue Reading
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The weekly update of the streaming audio industry, from RAIN News. THIS WEEK: Apple rumors; Spotify gets richer; Grooveshark goes down in deep water; Pandora in the FM business; no streaming in the Vermont State House. Continue Reading
Premium streaming service Tidal has signed on a new public relations and marketing firm. The company’s duties in that department will now be managed by MWW, which also represents online businesses Netflix and Eventbrite. Continue Reading
A stunning video with distressing scenes. And a few problems with the newly-relaunched Tidal music service. Continue Reading
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The weekly update of the streaming audio industry, from RAIN News. THIS WEEK: “Serial” wins a Peabody; Apple Watch launch day — what can you listen to?; new iHeartMedia podcasts; Tidal reaches out to indies; Norway targets FM switch-off. Continue Reading
Tidal is continuing its efforts to get more musicians on board with its premium streaming service. The latest plan is for a new feature called Discovery that bypasses the third-party distribution model for independent artists. Instead, those musicians will be able to directly upload their tracks to Tidal. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Loudr officially teams with CD Baby; Bop.fm tracks embeddable in Facebook posts; Tidal iOS downloads plummet. Continue Reading
Tidal has confirmed that CEO Andy Chen will leave the high-res streaming company. Peter Tonstad, who was formerly CEO at Tidal’s parent company Aspiro, will serve as interim CEO. The company is conducting a search for replacements. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Billboard crunches streaming royalty numbers; iHeart’s iOS redesign; Tidal adds feature for indies and emerging artists. Continue Reading
The flood of news for Tidal continues apace today. The latest update is that the hi-res streaming service helmed by Jay-Z has found a new stakeholder in Sprint and its parent company SoftBank. Unnamed sources told the New York Post that the minority stake is likely worth about $250 million. Continue Reading
Hi-fi streaming service Tidal has benefited from a great deal of publicity recently. One of the subscription pitches hinges on exclusive content, available only on Tidal. But when it comes to streaming, exclusivity is hard to control. Continue Reading
In The Infinite Dial 2015 Edison Research tested consumer awareness of 17 different streaming audio brands. Tidal wasn’t among them, but the re-launched service is in the news now. Is there room for a newcomer in the crowded music-service field? Continue Reading