Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Tidal Facing Criminal Investigation


Last year Jay Z's music streaming service Tidal was accused of inflating streaming numbers for some of their most popular artists [click here if you missed that].

Now a criminal investigation has been launched...

From Variety
Norway’s authority for investigation of economic and environmental crimes (Økokrim) has launched an investigation into claims that Tidal has falsified streaming numbers, the Norwegian publication Dagens Næringsliv (via Music Business Worldwide) reported this morning. Last year, the paper, which has aggressively investigated Tidal, accused the company of intentionally falsifying streaming numbers for Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and Kanye West’s Life of Pablo.