AllHipHop — JAY Z TELLS A TALE OF TRAGEDY more info

Dlisted — Just like a desperate dad trying to get rid of a pair of dust-covered cross-country skis, Jay Z has managed to find someone willing to drop some cash into the allegedly bottomless financial pit that is Tidal. And sorry Kanye, but it’s not Apple. A ... more info

BBC News - UK — The website posted a cartoon image of the singer, Jay Z and President Obama which showed the trio as white. more info

AllHipHop — ROC NATION SPORTS WINS! more info

411 Mania — Billboard reports that Sprint has purchased a 33% stake in Jay Z’s TIDAL service. The purchase was for $200 million. Jay and the other two-dozen[.........] more info

Chorus.fm — Micah Singleton, writing at The Verge: According to a lengthy report from the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv, Tidal has been inflating its subscriber totals to the public since the company was acquired by Jay Z two years ago. Dagens Næringsl... more info

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

Idolator — The duo takes Europe. more info

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