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Peter Tonstad, interim CEO of the music streaming service Tidal, has been relieved of his duties after only three months. According to Billboard, Tidal's brass has been in a strange sort of limbo of late, with Chief Investment Officer Vania Schlogel a no-show for a scheduled appearance at New York's New Music Seminar today (June 23). Schlogel has been ...

After teasing the launch for months, Apple has finally rolled out Apple Music, its new streaming platform. Today (June 8) at their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the electronics giant announced a litany of changes, including updates to their Mac operating systems, Apple TV and long-awaited details about the Apple Watch. But...

One of the biggest hip-hop events of the year is going down this weekend and Tidal is bringing the concert to those who can't make it to New Jersey. Beginning at 2 P.M. EST on Sunday, Tidal will exclusively live stream the 2015 edition of Hot 97's Summer Jam concert ...

With less than a week to go before Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, where the electronics giant is expected to unveil Apple Music, its long-awaited rival to digital music streaming standard-bearer Spotify, Tidal is making some notable moves of its own...

The long, strange odyssey that is Lil Wayne's trip through the 2015 music industry marches on. Today (June 3), the Louisiana legend dropped a new song, "Glory," exclusively on Tidal. (Subscribers can listen here; those without accounts can listen to a 30-second preview...

To this point, SoundCloud has appeared to be separate from the ongoing music streaming wars. The website has instead become a haven for up-and-coming rappers, producers and DJs, who used the no-frills interface and intuitive search and recommendation functions to get heard and promote their friends and collaborators...

Jay Z just released his first playlist on Tidal. The 19-track playlist is pretty dope, showing love to A$AP Rocky's new album At.Long.Last.A$AP, upcoming Bay Area singer Kehlani, Post Malone, Fetty Wap and Vince Staples. Hov's set, rightfully titled "F--k the Summer Up," also has a Drake's "Know Yourself," Future's "F--k Up Some Commas," Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé's &quo

50 Cent spoke about Tidal, claiming he could of made the music streaming service more exciting. Fif stopped by Los Angeles radio station REAL 92.3 to talk with Letty and DJ Damage during "The Realest" segment of their radio show. The G-Unit chief was asked about Jay Z's streaming service and why he wasn't apart of the recent movement. In ...

Much has been made about Jay Z's purchasing, rebranding and relaunching Tidal; even more has been made about its supposed commercial failures. Though some pieces of hard data (an artist's earnings per stream, for example) paint the company in a positive light, early PR has been difficult, marred by what some considered to be the tone-deaf, millionaire-laden rollout...

#TheNightIsStillYoungVIDEO on TIDAL http://tidal.com/video/45446052 A photo posted by Nicki Minaj (@nickiminaj) on May 22, 2015 at 11:21am PDT Another day, another Nicki Minaj exclusive on Tidal. Just days after dropping the video for "Feeling Myself" and setting social media ablaze, Nicki returns with "The Night Is Young ...

With Jay Z's purchase, re-branding and re-launch of Tidal, the digital music streaming arms race has reached a fever pitch. The various services--Rdio, Apple's Beats Music and the biggest of all, Spotify--have tried to separate themselves, by means of price, library size or in- and out-of-browser user experience...

Beyoncé & Jay Z with #FreddieGray's family. A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beylite) on May 11, 2015 at 3:02am PDT Last night (May 10), Prince held a concert in Baltimore that aimed in part to raise money and awareness for the family of the late Freddie Gray, the man who was killed by police officers last month. The nearly four-hour...