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Business Line Between Cable And Mobile Continues To Blur
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 3:12pm | 347AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) proposed to acquire Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) bought Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)'s internet properties and now Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) bought a 33 percent stake in the streaming music service Tidal. What Do All These Deals Have In...
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Does Tidal's Deal With Sprint Leave Apple Eyeing Pandora?
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 3:02pm | 614Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) may have edged out Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in forging a partnership with Tidal, a subscription-based music streaming service owned by Jay Z. With Tidal beyond its reach, Apple may now be forced to settle for Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) for beefing up its Apple Music service...
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99 Problems And Time For Investment? Sprint Acquires 33% Of Jay Z's Tidal
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 10:38am | 389Just days after Tidal hit a fresh wave of criticism, Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) bought 33 percent of the music streaming platform and extended the service to 45 million customers. The announcement came Monday after a Norwegian newspaper accused Tidal owner Jay Z of inflating subscription figures on two...
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What Streaming Services Have The Best Offline Offerings?
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 4:55pm | 342Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) recently made a major change to its content policy and will now allow users to download content to view offline. In the latest update to Netflix’s iOS and Android apps, users can select the option “Available for Download” from the Netflix menu. The...
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Bank Of America Tuning Its Rating On Pandora Down To Underperform
Monday, October 17, 2016 - 8:43am | 336While Pandora Media Inc’s (NYSE: P) 2020 revenue target appears “difficult to achieve,” the company’s on-demand product seems to be “five years too late,” Bank of America’s Nat Schindler said in a report. He downgraded the rating on Pandora from Neutral...
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Tidal And Apple Have Beef, According To Kanye West's Tweets
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 8:32am | 285Kanye West's latest Twitter rant is directed towards Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s management team for feuding with Tidal, a rival music streaming company owned by Jay Z. West, no stranger to profanity and controversy, tweeted that an apparent feud between Apple Music and Tidal is messing up the...
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Apple's Interest In Tidal Could Spark Added M&A Interest For Pandora
Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 11:14am | 325Macquarie’s Amy Yong believes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s interest in Tidal Music could motivate a strategic buyer to look at Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) as a potential target. Yong maintained an Outperform rating on Apple, with a price target of $112. The analyst also maintained an...
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Recode: Tidal Has 'Much Less Less To Offer' Apple Than Beats Did
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 10:28am | 413The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is engaged in talks to acquire Jay Z's streaming music platform, Tidal. The report was also confirmed by Recode, which took a deep dive into a potential acquisition and what it would mean for the entire streaming music space. Related...
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Apple May Be Interested In Jay Z's Tidal, But Sources Say It Won't Happen
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 8:43am | 308Spotify, the popular streaming music platform, boasts 100 million subscribers, nearly twice as many paid subscribers as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) can claim for its Apple Music platform. Apple is in dire need of playing catch-up, which might explain why the company is looking to acquire Tidal, a...
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Beyoncé Fans And Apple Shareholders: 'Lemonade' Now For Sale Via iTunes
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 8:19am | 327Beyoncé's latest album release, titled "Lemonade," was released exclusively over the weekend on Tidal, her husband Jay Z's streaming music service. The New York Times, citing a Tidal spokesperson, reported that Tidal would have the exclusive streaming version "in perpetuity." However, Tidal's 3...
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Report: Samsung Restarted Talks To Acquire Tidal, Jay Z's Music Streaming Service
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 12:13pm | 211Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has resumed talks with Jay Z to acquire his 16-month old streaming music company, Tidal. The New York Post, citing "several sources," noted that Samsung has held on-and-off talks with Tidal and has "long been rumored as an interested buyer."...
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Kanye West: 'The Life Of Pablo' Will Never Be On Apple And Will Never Be For Sale
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 8:46am | 347Don't expect to find Kanye West's latest album -- "The Life Of Pablo" -- on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes or at your local Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) store. The enigmatic artist has gone on several Tweet storms lately, the latest coming on Monday night. "My album will never never never be on...
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How Will Apple's Streaming Music Service Compare?
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 8:22am | 562Music streaming is growing increasingly more popular as more and more people turn to the Internet for entertainment services. With industry leaders like Spotify AG already boasting 12.5 million loyal users and new entrants like Jay-Z's Tidal making small waves among artists, many wonder just...
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Jay Z Freestyles At Tidal Concert; Disses Apple, Nike, Spotify & YouTube
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 8:40am | 459In a recent private concert for Tidal subscribers, music mogul Jay Z appeared to take a few digs just about every major player in the streaming business. Tidal is Jay Z's music-streaming service that was launched en masse earlier this year. Despite the major hype heading into its wide...
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Rumor: Apple Hurts Tidal To Help Beats Music Launch
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 10:47am | 261Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be sabotaging the streaming music service Tidal in order to nip competition ahead of the relaunch in June of Apple's Beat Music, according to a recent report. The New York Post's Page Six, typically reserved for celebrity gossip news, quoted an unnamed...