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Jay-Z’s beleaguered Tidal under investigation over alleged streaming fraud

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“Tidal, a subscription-based music and video streaming service owned by rapper Jay-Z, is being investigated in Norway over allegations of falsely inflating listening numbers,” Sveinung Sleire writes for Bloomberg Quint. “The investigations follow ongoing reports by Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv that the music streaming service had inflated its listening numbers of artists such as Beyonce…

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Beleaguered Tidal music subscription service reportedly months behind on royalty payments

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“Tidal’s struggles continue today as a new report claims the streaming music platform is months behind on royalty payments,” Chance Miller reports for 9to5Mac. “According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv, the Jay-Z-owned streaming service is over six months behind on payments to several labels.” “The report, translated by Music Business Worldwide, cites multiple sources who…

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Tidal accused of deliberately inflating Kanye West’s and Beyoncé’s streaming numbers upon which royalties are paid

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“Tidal is under fire once again for allegedly inflating its streaming numbers. This time, it’s for misreporting the amount of plays Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo had by ‘several hundred million’ false plays,” Timothy J. Seppala reports for Engadget. “According to a report (translated) from Swedish newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN), there’s…

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Jay-Z’s beleaguered Tidal music service fires CFO, COO; faces $5 million royalty lawsuit

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“Jay Z’s Tidal music service is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week,” Stephanie Mlot reports for PC Magazine. “The company was hit Sunday with a $5 million class-action lawsuit that alleges it failed to pay artist royalties. And now, the celebrity-owned service fired its CFO and COO,” Mlot reports. “Yesh Music, LLC…

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