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Tidal Ends Direct Artist Payouts Program in Favor of Tidal Rising Initiative

By / 2023-03-02

Tidal, the music streaming platform owned by Block, has ended its Direct Artist Payouts (DAP) program. The DAP program allowed a percentage of HiFi Plus subscribers’ membership fees to go to their most-streamed artist. Tidal paid this on top of actual streaming royalties. The program was ended after Tidal enrolled around 70,000 artists and distributed …

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SoundCloud Expands Artist Services Business With Joint Venture With UK Record Label WUGD

By / 2023-02-20

SoundCloud, the music streaming platform, has announced its global expansion of artist services through a joint venture with the UK-based dance record label WUGD (What You Gonna Do) Ltd. The partnership aims to discover, nurture and invest in emerging electronic music artists featured on the platform worldwide. WUGD was founded by Jax Jones, a DJ, …

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