Samsung, Google and Spotify Have Considered Buying Tidal: Report

[ORDER_66]

It'd be kinda hilarious if after all this music revolution, change the game forever, ownership talk they sold out to the first corporate offer they received and the whole thing was revealed as just another quick money grab

that would be fukked up...

 

[scarhead]

that ain't shyt to google either. I dont know if spotify got enough chips tho to hang with the two big boys.

If I'm not mistaken, Spotify got that Goldman Sachs money.
Them Jews will make sure it's well funded I guess.

 

[sporticus]

I don't use Tidal personally but If Jay sold this so soon then I am not sure what to make of it all....After the big deal they made of artists controlling their own shyt etc, then sell it to first people interested seems a little crazy to me. Almost like he fooled the artists into some shyt

Just because they sell the company doesn't mean the artists don't still control the music. Most of them don't own their own stuff anyway.

 

[RAW_SPK]

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[No1]

coli accountants in full force

All internet forums are like this. I'm like, we are the most educated generation of all time and people do this. So how stupid were the people before us?

 

[Cynic]

It was always going to be a flip. Jay can't afford to keep Tidal running, the operating expenses are too high. Music Licensing fees alone are $1 Billion a year, and theyre gonna get WAY higher here soon. Basically Jay built up the Tidal brand for a year, and will probably double his money off of it.

He got in the market too late. Dre beat him to the punch.

Nobody has seen Aspiros balance sheet since they went private perhaps you can tell us where you got this info ?

The figure you quoted is Spotifys royalty payment from last year ........

No. This is still an evolving space...

Imagine if Spotify looked at the now defunct Rdio and said it's too late


We will see what his strategy is in the next coming months

 

[The Midnight Marauder]

The exclusives are co-owners or his own artists.

And your mathematics are completely off, if he invests 81 and receives 125, how the hell is that a loss? Tidal is just the name, the company is the same.

Shyt. Miscalculation on my end. I'll own up to that.


HOWEVER... When you consider that Tidal had a valuation of $250 Million when it launched, and now only 10 months later it has a valuation of $100 million, it's pretty clear they're looking to jump ship.

The game plan from jump was almost certainly to build up the subscriber base, brand value, and then sell to the highest bidder. They made a mistake by not launching out the gate with new albums from all their artists. Launch with exclusive albums from 3 or 4 of your artists. 3 months later, when the free trials are up, release exclusive albums from another 3 or 4/of your AR ists with similar fanbases of the first wave. That way the subscribers that have free trials are motivated to stay. Keep that cycle going every three months. Get to 5-10 million subscribers and then flip.

I'm willing to bet they're trying to sell now because with all the subscribers they added from TLOP, their bargaining power is about as strong as it will get considering alot of those subscriptions will get cancelled over the next couple of months.

I would guess that TLOP will remain a Tidal exclusive until Tidal accepts a bid for acquisition.

 

[SPACE IS FAKE]

It'd be kinda hilarious if after all this music revolution, change the game forever, ownership talk they sold out to the first corporate offer they received and the whole thing was revealed as just another quick money grab

you see it. nikkas love to talk that talk until money talks louder

 

[Redeem87]

Dont be a sellout, ownership is everything

 

[BillBanneker]

I really hope Samsung doesn't buy this. I'm pretty sure they won't allow that app to be on IPhones. This would be so demoralizing. I'm already a Tidal subscriber!!

How to you like the app bruh? Does it have a lot of bugs?

 

[Formerly known as...]

If he sells it then he can't then tell me it was a complete success, he will be selling because it hasn't been what he thought it would be and cashed out.

I'm a Jay fan but he can't spin this into tidal being such a success he decided to sell it.

 

[ORDER_66]

Dont be a sellout, ownership is everything

I dont think Jay-Z gonna keep it breh.... I want him to but IDK...

 

[Harry B]

Shyt. Miscalculation on my end. I'll own up to that.


HOWEVER... When you consider that Tidal had a valuation of $250 Million when it launched, and now only 10 months later it has a valuation of $100 million, it's pretty clear they're looking to jump ship.

The game plan from jump was almost certainly to build up the subscriber base, brand value, and then sell to the highest bidder. They made a mistake by not launching out the gate with new albums from all their artists. Launch with exclusive albums from 3 or 4 of your artists. 3 months later, when the free trials are up, release exclusive albums from another 3 or 4/of your AR ists with similar fanbases of the first wave. That way the subscribers that have free trials are motivated to stay. Keep that cycle going every three months. Get to 5-10 million subscribers and then flip.

I'm willing to bet they're trying to sell now because with all the subscribers they added from TLOP, their bargaining power is about as strong as it will get considering alot of those subscriptions will get cancelled over the next couple of months.

I would guess that TLOP will remain a Tidal exclusive until Tidal accepts a bid for acquisition.

It was worth what they bought it for 56 million.

Which model valued it at 250?

I don't know anything about their strategy but they might have a 5 year plan for all we know. The streaming market is still young.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

How to you like the app bruh? Does it have a lot of bugs?

To be honest it's a real good app. I've had it for almost two years. In the beginning it was horrible, it use to jump randomly from playlist to playlist; however it's good now.

 

[AnotherRoute]

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