Convopage : @CNBCnow : BREAKING: Apple in Talks to Acquire Tidal, Jay Z's Streaming-Music Service

Disappointed NY fan@moltissimocang

It's because the music quality is amazing. I have Tidal

for the exclusive album drops: Lemonade, TLOP, twenty88

and Prince's entire music catalog is exclusive to Tidal

what a retarded business decision. Nobody uses Tidal. They are not a threat

MIAMI HEAT@The_Heat_Show

they're doing it to get the exclusive artists that are on tidal.

William H. Strafe@WilliamHStrafe

that's what I was thinking. But who's exclusive on Tidal? I mean, Kanye is also on Spotify

MIAMI HEAT@The_Heat_Show

i mean Jay Z Beyoncé Kanye and basically anyone on GOOD music all have 2 week exclusive time on tidal

MIAMI HEAT@The_Heat_Show

idk why 2 weeks would be worth buying it but idk

Karen@IBeenDranking

because Beyoncé new album is only on Tidal. Prince & some of Jay's albums are also exclusively on Tidal.

Most buzz (and sales $$$) for albums happens first two weeks.

William H. Strafe@WilliamHStrafe

great point!

Now we'll see if Jay Z & Co. meant it about artists keeping music their own... or just about the $$$

QB Rating@QBRating

Prince's entire catalog is exclusive to Tidal.

Nathan Gamble@Lord_Gamble

along with half of jay z catalog, lemonade, new English, and a few more.

❄️Slay Z❄️@Mascotmy_tweets

fair enough. The rush for Prince's music will die off over time

niru@niru777

short term mtv generation thinkers :jayhah2:

jay z & Beyoncé are exclusive ppl for tidal. Also A percent of Rihanna , Nicki , and Alicia keys I believe

❄️Slay Z❄️@Mascotmy_tweets

I mean, Jay Z is also on Spotify

WeTheParty@REALSHITZO

not all his albums tho

not all his stuff is

Sledgehammer@KOLATRL

not all of his nor most Tidal artists catalogs are tho.

OfficialBlackThottie@MinajArchive

his music isn't on Spotify. He may have an account bt none of his discography from 96-2006 are on there.

CHAMPIONS@solelydespair

none of Jay Z's old albums are there 😔

CHAMPIONS@solelydespair

also if apple does buy, they better add some of tidal's features that let u instantly update an album

Greg Siggins@GWSigg

Prince too

Randy Fernandez@Just_Dominican

beyonce,kanye,rihanna prince nicki minaj madonna calvin harris jcole deadmau5

Chewella DeTrille@CaressLepore

Prince's catalog

☹️@shutupjustice

prince is exclusive on tidal

MitchMadison@MitchMadison

exactly... Which makes sense

D Webb@DWebbny

Look at the top 10 streamed music on Apple Music, it's all Hip Hop. Tidal is easy target with better UI

t.e. lawrence@memory_images

artist exclusive are huge deal though.

true, that's what I'm thinking. Also, love your avi. Great movie 👌

Drentz@B_Wood_LI

Andy G you have no idea about what lies underneath. It's not about a threat it's about assets, both audio and video.

well said. They don't care about the platform. They want the rights, exclusives, etc.

Wayne RBG@Khat_L

"Nobody uses Tidal..." LOL!

well, in my personal experience, I rarely if ever hear people say, "I use Tidal"

Wayne RBG@Khat_L

Just because you don't hear folks say that doesn't mean nobody uses it though.

bhris⛈⁶@Chris_Alcocer1

I use tidal, it's pretty good

problem is the initial negative press turned off so many people. Ruined my perception of Tidal

bhris⛈⁶@Chris_Alcocer1

very true. The reason I got it was for TLOP and I ended up really liking it

then again, I'm biased because I love Spotify. Love their student discount ($4.99 a month)

kween@sudaneezy

Tidal's student discount is 4.99 a month too.

Tidal needs better advertising. I did not know that. The bad press really killed them in the beginning

kween@sudaneezy

and that's exactly the problem. People talk a lot of shit but don't actually know anything about it. They never gave it a chance

well said! It has become "cool" to mock Tidal. I'm guilty. Issue is, I was already loyal to Spotify, so I had no reason to switch

donovan@ricflair91

eliminating competition for Apple and more money for Jay Z

Apple wants those exclusive tidal artists. They could care less about the subscribers

Mourad Snow@KiingDavid23

this is false

Zane.@iplanetzane

I use Tidal and I love it. It took some time but it's a good service.

problem is the initial negative publicity really hurt them. Now ppl like me have negative perception without knowing the truth

Zane.@iplanetzane

Exactly. It fed right into Apple and Spotify's hands. The proceeds go to the Artist and not some business exec.

Vinny@vinnygael

Actually I thought the same until I researched the numbers. You think Apple is stupid with no team of researchers? Lol

true. I had no idea it was growing so much

Vinny@vinnygael

Haha and they also have rights to many artist's exclusives

bhris⛈⁶@Chris_Alcocer1

I fuck with tidal heavy

Vinny@vinnygael

what's tidal

jay z blueprint series and reasonable doubt are on tidal only. Kanye was for 6 weeks. Beyoncé lemonade still is

Johnnykicks1@eaglenugget

Putting your competition out of business, no matter how small a threat, is always a positive

quick poll: twitter.com/the_AndyG/stat…

Conor Kennedy@conorkennedy92

iight I need a quick survey cuz my mentions are blowing up. Does anyone here use Tidal?

though there still is a huge advantage by monopoliesing a market

Raditšhaba@Lebza_R

Kanye is Exclusive to Tidal so it is a threat. Beyonce too.

David Pulllet@pulllet_david

I know Beyoncé is exclusive, but isn't Pablo and other Kanye albums on Spotify

Raditšhaba@Lebza_R

let's say they're buying it for the exclusive artists on there. Finish.

tidal has 4m ppl

Andrew Stivers@ajstivers

You may not know how this works.

SecuriTay@SwiftOnSecurity

but why

Tidal's music quality is amazing

Regular Black Clif@seabethree

artist exclusive rights

mike vitiello@mickvit

for the rights

We all saw this coming...RT"@CNBCnow:BREAKING: Apple in Talks to Acquire Tidal, Jay Z's Streaming-Music Service - Dow Jones"

NaijaGal@Naija4LifeO

dude just tried to convince me this proves Jay is a smart businessman 😐

Regular Black Clif@seabethree

🙄🙄🙄

Michael Harrigan@mike_harrigan

most artists on tidal make their way over to Apple Music. Why waste money?

Robert@rrNoebel

Someone who already won't need to work a day in their life,.. will soon reassure that. #philanthropy #dreamagain

#CancerSeasonAlert@JackieDOesitall

NICE!!

FUCK

I can't wait to see the valuation lol

same, it'll be outrageous.

650million #Prediction

I'm gonna say 750m to 1 bill. Annual revenue is around 650m so adjust val for asking to acquire

is it??

yeah approximately

Slevin Kelevra@ToeKnee2GX

I'm changing my prediction...1.5billion

Lol RT @CNBCnow: BREAKING: Apple in Talks to Acquire Tidal, Jay Z's Streaming-Music Service - Dow Jones

That Blame Guy@ImToBlame

didnt we fuckin call this bro?

Slevin Kelevra@ToeKnee2GX

COMICAL how predictable this shit is

Sandra Bae O'Connor@BlackDebutante

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Babs Pewterschmidt@thecurvyjones

all your black owned companies are belong to us!!!

Mr. Yo@TheMSeries1

Wow, shit. RT @CNBCnow: BREAKING: Apple in Talks to Acquire Tidal, Jay Z's Streaming-Music Service - Dow Jones

Red Forman@Texas_4Ever

Lmaaaoooooo. RT @CNBCnow BREAKING: Apple in Talks to Acquire Tidal, Jay Z's Streaming-Music Service - Dow Jones

Never Panic@rocknstring

one answer to this youtu.be/j7uBph38kXo

Heartsbane@fla2caliboi

RT @CNBCnow BREAKING: Apple in Talks to Acquire Tidal, Jay Z's Streaming-Music Service - Dow Jones

MettaWorld Reece@XxReeceyROZAYxX

so they could add commercials in between my tracks? Na

Bacon@marrybacon

I thought Tidal went bankrupt

Mark Lieberman@MarkALieberman

That's not true. It has actually gotten 3-4 million subscribers in less than 2 years

harÜ@harrisShaikh89

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Olumide Alege@oalege87

get the money jigga

Luke@heatyonce

oh shit

cc @andygreenwald Does Doug have a comment?

Blue @AhmedsMagic

Alex Ralevski@alexralevski

the irony of Kanye delaying his album on Apple Music to be exclusive with tidal

Michelle Pinsky@Michelle_Pinsky

My Sports Teams Suck@HeyImAJ

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Mabel Jenkins@_kelliieee_

Whooaaa RT @CNBCnow: BREAKING: Apple in Talks to Acquire Tidal, Jay Z’s Streaming-Music Service - Dow Jones

Eric@Iraclestic

Jay did it! Another win in the books!

Damion archibald@ArchibaldDamion

what roles does tidal play...never heard of it before

2,12s@tovey_goinIN

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bounce@bounceupinher

hahahahahahahahahahaha

welp. Jay about to get paiddddd

Green Light™@daddydoug23

WOW

going to guess for 600 mill approx. Apple doesn't care about the subscribers. They want those exclusive artists

Green Light™@daddydoug23

but what did he pay for Tidal initially?