Chorus.fm — Sprint has purchased a 33% stake in Tidal: Sprint has acquired a 33 percent stake in Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal, the two companies announced today (Jan. 23). A source familiar with the matter tells Billboard that the purchase was for $200 mill... more info

BBC News - UK — The American rapper Jay Z is selling a stake in his Tidal music streaming business to the telecoms company, Sprint. more info

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Yahoo! Music — U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp said on Monday it would buy 33 percent of Tidal, a music streaming service owned by rapper Jay Z, marking a move to more content driven services in a highly competitive wireless market. Sprint paid $200 million for t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Sprint shares our view of revolutionizing the creative industry to allow artists to connect directly with their fans and reach their fullest, shared potential,' Jay Z said in a press release. Continue reading… more info

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Stereogum — In 2015, around the same time that Jay Z bought Tidal's parent company for $56 million, the New York Post reported that telecommunications giant Sprint had acquired a stake in the company. Sprint denied that report, but now, two years later, it has c... more info

Reuters — (Reuters) - U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp said on Monday it would buy 33 percent of Tidal, a music streaming service owned by rapper Jay Z. more info

MSN Music — Jay Z’s music streaming service Tidal has been repeatedly over-reporting the number of its paying subscribers, according to a report from the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (hat tip to The Verge). The service had 1.2 million activated accou... more info

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