Jay-Z’s Tidal music service denies reports it may be massaging figures to increase revenues for certain artists. It’s not the first time streaming companies have come under fireThese days Tidal is less a streaming service more of a Aesopian parable. Dagens Næringsliv has interviewed a number of Tidal users who, according to the data, have listened to hundreds of Kanye West tracks through the night. Tidal has strenuously denied the claims, suggesting that the paper has falsified information because of a vendetta against the streaming platform. Netflix is desperate to keep its own streaming figures confidential and so disparaged recent attempts by Nielsen to estimate viewers.

Source: The Guardian May 11, 2018 09:00 UTC