Every time I see an article enumerating the artists these services are fighting to have access to, I'm reminded why I don't care who wins...
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Apple in Talks to Acquire Jay Z's Streaming Music Service Tidal
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did you read the thread opener?
"Tidal's strong connection to artists like Kanye West, Beyonce, and Madonna is one of the reasons Apple is mulling an acquisition."
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I hope not. I enjoy spotify's add supported service, faster streaming and far superior interface.
That might be the case in the US, but the rest of the world is a different story thank god. If this is about user numbers then it's the biggest waste of money possible, even more so than Beats. They could just lower the Apple Music subscription price by $3/£3 and gain that many customers - no loss in cash.
Jay Z is a far better businessman than he'll ever be musician, so would guess that'll be a factor in it. Sadly I think it is more about removing competition than anything else.
Even if Apple gets tidal, I'll still be sticking with Spotify.
Apple Music isn't going to happen? In 1 year it added more paid customers then tidal did in 5 years.
Not to mention Spotify doesn't make a profit. It will be dead soon enough
Not to mention Spotify doesn't make a profit. It will be dead soon enough
I quit all the streaming services. I'm happy with all my 1000 CD's I sent to murfie.com and stream lossless or whatever tracks I've bought on iTunes. But I'm an exception because I only listen to modern classical music and musical theatre and I still buy SACD's.
Kanye doesn't have a movie brain of debt. It was a publicity stunt.
Oh hey there, Kanye. How's that mountain of debt working out?
Tidal has a web player like every other service. Apple buys them then you are forced to use that POS iTunes. No thanks.
I could see them buying it for $500m- $1b. Jay z bought it for $54 million when it had a hundred thousand customers. Add in exclusives with Madonna, Kanye and all the other top selling artists today and you've got a lot more expensive aquisition.
If you're not going to innovate...you might as well acquire.
Looks like it is time to cancel my Tidal subscription. No good service left if apple buys it.
Rumors has it that Apple has wanted to do the HIFI music thing, so it could be the infrastructure they are after. I tried the Tidal thing once and unless you are really listening on Premo system... it's just not worth the price of admission.
So it's pointless like I stated
No telling how many will jump ship or are only short term because some artist has exclusives.
It's real competition is Spotify then Amazon Music/Google play. Tidal is just a niche for the few who want to stream lossless and the fans of artists with are lured into getting an account to listen to artists stupid exclusive deals.
apples ties are already strong regardless of this acquisition
No one who cares about quality sound.Yeah because no one wears Beats branded stuff
The Prince catalog alone is worth the purchase. Jay Z needs money. He even sued the company that sold Tidal to him. Also Prince's estate needs the money. Apple has 178 Billion. Money talks.
Apple is in talks to acquire rapper Jay Z's streaming music service Tidal, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter." The talks are said to be exploratory and "may not result in a deal," but Apple is considering the purchase to bolster its Apple Music service.
A Tidal spokesman told The Wall Street Journal that Tidal executives had not held talks with Apple, and the terms of the deal are unknown.
Tidal, which launched in 2014 and was acquired by Jay Z in January of 2015 before a March 2015 re-launch, is a subscription-based music service that advertises high-quality lossless audio and high-definition music videos. Tidal offers two tiers of service, a standard premium option for $9.99 per month and HiFi for $19.99 per month. Tidal has 4.2 million paying subscribers, and as of March, 45 percent of those subscribers paid extra for the hi-fidelity tier.
Positioned as one of Apple Music's major competitors, Tidal has clashed with Apple in the past. In February, Apple was in talks to exclusively debut Kanye West's album "The Life of Pablo," but West pulled out of talks and opted to debut his album on Tidal.
Tidal's strong connection to artists like Kanye West, Beyonce, and Madonna is one of the reasons Apple is mulling an acquisition. Apple has made a major push into both exclusive and original content with Apple Music, luring artists like Taylor Swift, the Weeknd, Eminem, and more into offering up Apple Music exclusives.
Today is the one-year anniversary of Apple Music, which first debuted in 110 countries on June 30, 2015. As of June 2016, Apple Music has more than 15 million paying subscribers.
Article Link: Apple in Talks to Acquire Jay Z's Streaming Music Service Tidal
you can actually buy the albums withou subscribing to Tidal. Considered doing this but now will wait a bit to see what happens.
And here is the closing missed "when Tidal is down all artists will have strong connections with other providers of their product to their market, us consumers."
As much as some people don't understand this acquisition, just one thought: Jay Z working for Apple. Game over.
It's not worth the $1B they paid for Beats but somewhere below that is worth getting Jay Z and the entire Tidal backers on board with Apple. The Tidal brand can be used to differentiate as a higher FLAC quality audio service for Apple Music, bringing along those subscribers willing to pay for higher quality audio. This will go well with the drop of the headphone jack and the move towards digital audio Lightning headphones.
It's not worth the $1B they paid for Beats but somewhere below that is worth getting Jay Z and the entire Tidal backers on board with Apple. The Tidal brand can be used to differentiate as a higher FLAC quality audio service for Apple Music, bringing along those subscribers willing to pay for higher quality audio. This will go well with the drop of the headphone jack and the move towards digital audio Lightning headphones.
What competition? Something that has 1% market is no competition. If Apple wants to eliminate competition, they should buy Google!
Yes, maybe next time I will do a picture of the movie instead.