Apple is negotiating with music service Tidal about a possible takeover, according to unconfirmed reports. Apple is primarily looking for exclusive artists to his own service.
the streaming music service # Tidal relaunched last year under the guidance of artist Jay-Z, but has not managed to gather the critical mass of music listeners for success . In February it was reported that Samsung was interested in buying up the service, and now the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is in talks with Tidal about a possible deal.
Apple launched its own streaming music service Apple Music 30 June last year. Despite criticism regarding service functionality, Apple has attracted 15 million subscribers, according to data from the WWDC in June.
According to the report ongoing talks with Tidal right now, and there is no certainty that they will result in a business. A spokesperson for Tidal denies that it held negotiations with Apple.
Madonna is one of tidals big profiles.
Apple is said to be primarily interested in tidals stable of great artists such as Kanye West and Madonna. When Jay-Z bought Tidal of Swedish Aspiro received 19 famous artists a small part of the company. Another popular artist Tidal has exclusive rights to the Prince, who passed away in April. Prince was skeptical on streaming music services, but was a close friend of Jay-Z.
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