Tidal accused of manipulating data to jack up royalty payments to certain artists

Tidal, the music and video streaming service owned by rapper Jay-Z, is under investigation for manipulating data related to the number of plays certain artists received. As published in the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv this morning (via Bloomberg), the Norwegian Authority for Investigation of Economic and Environmental Crime (Okokrim) is sniffing around Tidal after receiving complaints from artists associations in the country, claiming that members have lost income from this manipulation.

The report says that the streaming numbers of certain artists, like ...

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