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Living Wage for Musicians bill aims to increase streaming royalties for artists

Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman have introduced the bill to Congress, working together with the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers

A new bill aiming to increase streaming royalties to artists has been introduced to the United States Congress. Put forward by House Representatives Rashida Tlaib...

TIDAL lays off 10% of its staff

Block, the umbrella company that owns the streaming platform, has announced cuts across its workforce

TIDAL is reportedly laying off 10% of its staff as part of a range of cuts across the umbrella company that owns it, Block. In...

TIDAL is testing a new DJ "sessions" feature

It is currently exclusively available to US subscribers on its HiFi Plus plan

TIDAL is trialling a new feature which will allow subscribers to host live DJ "sessions" to other users of the streaming platform. The new feature...

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The study also found that  60% of streams were of music recorded by only the top 0.4% of artists

A new report has found that music streaming services are unlikely to make sufficient "excess profits" to improve paying artists. According to the independent study...

They're also allocating 10% of your monthly subscription fee to your most-played artist 

TIDAL has added a new free subscription tier to their streaming platform. The new tier will allow users to listen at ‘good’ sound quality (160kbps...

With the vast majority signed to major labels 

Just 0.4 percent of artists in the UK make a living from streaming plays of their music, according to a new study. 

The research —...

The financial services company has acquired a majority stake in the streaming service

Square Inc – the financial services company founded by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey – has bought a majority share in Jay-Z’s TiDAL for $297m. TiDAL was founded...

2,069 British adults took part in the recent poll

The majority of streaming listeners want musicians to be paid more by their respective platforms, a survey says.

In a recent survey conducted by YouGov...

The popular iOS DJing app jumps on the stream train 

Algoriddim djay has announced they’ve added streaming capabilities to their latest version. Having already added Spotify to their app, you can now stream directly from...

Physical formats make up less than 10% of the revenue

Streaming accounted for 80% of recording revenues in the U.S. in 2019, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reports.

In a Tweet posted by...

Music streaming also helped overall music sales increase by more than 7%

A report released by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has found that sales from music streaming last year exceeded £1 billion in the UK for the...

The new version 1.4 adds streaming, plus new features for the entire Prime range

Denon DJ have announced a new firmware update for their Prime range. The update includes adding both WiFi and wired internet to their Prime 4...

Streaming continues its surge

US-based streaming services are looking at huge revenues this year.  

That’s according to a report by the Consumer Technology Association’s U.S. Consumer Technology Sales and...

It's the first DJ hardware to incorporate streaming without a computer...

DENON DJ today announced that they'll be updating their PRIME series DJ hardware to include streaming capabilities. The new update, which will be rolled out...

The first run of 'Tidal Unplugged' will centre on Detroit artists...

Tidal have announced a $1 million grant program aimed at helping emerging artists, called 'Tidal Unplugged'.

Funded by venture capital financiers Robert Nelsen and Mark...

The album includes orchestral versions of deadmau5 classics like ‘Strobe’ and ‘Imaginary Friends’...

deadmau5 has shared the tracklist for his forthcoming album, ‘Where’s the Drop’, which sees the producer reimaging some of his songs as orchestral pieces. ...

Game changer...

Tidal, the streaming service started by JAY Z and company, recently introduced the “Track Edit” feature for its iOS and Android apps that allows users...

Swedes rack up 10 million new subscribers in last five months...

Spotify has released new figures showing its dominance over Apple Music in the ongoing streaming service war.

The Swedish company has now reached a whopping...

Tech giant gunning for exclusive streams...

Apple is in the midst of negotiations to take over Tidal, the streaming service owned by hip-hop mogul Jay Z.

According to a report published...

The duo wore $3,550 YSL jackets to the Tidal launch.

With Halloween coming up soon on the calendar, one costume of choice might be that of a certain French duo known for their pioneering electronic...