{"id":6412,"date":"2017-02-06T17:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T17:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/02\/06\/sprint-acquires-33-of-tidal\/"},"modified":"2017-02-06T17:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T17:39:08","slug":"sprint-acquires-33-of-tidal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2017\/02\/06\/sprint-acquires-33-of-tidal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint Acquires 33% Of TIDAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fath3-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-1\/p200x200\/11026082_1563364093914835_8243401987605416774_n.jpg?oh=0fa158e72a1fa51a4c65893362f9631b&amp;oe=5912299B\" border=\"0\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" \/><br \/>Global music and entertainment platform TIDAL and  Sprint announced an unprecedented partnership that will soon give  Sprint&#8217;s 45 million retail customers unlimited access to exclusive  artist content not available anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>TIDAL and its artists will make exclusive content that will only be available to current and new Sprint customers.<\/p>\n<p> As part of the partnership, Sprint will acquire 33 percent of TIDAL. JAY  Z and the artist-owners will continue to run TIDAL&#8217;s artist-centric  service as it pioneers and grows the direct relationship between artists  and fans. The formidable pairing of Sprint and TIDAL will grow  customers on both platforms by offering exclusive access for customers  who subscribe to TIDAL. Sprint&#8217;s chief executive officer, Marcelo  Claure, will also join TIDAL&#8217;s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Sprint shares our view of revolutionizing the creative industry to  allow artists to connect directly with their fans and reach their  fullest, shared potential,&#8221; said JAY Z. &#8220;Marcelo understood our goal  right away and together we are excited to bring Sprint&#8217;s 45 million  customers an unmatched entertainment experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> TIDAL is a global, experiential, entertainment platform built for fans,  directly from artists around the world. Members of TIDAL enjoy unmatched  exclusively curated content that directly connect artists with their  fans in multiple ways. TIDAL is available in more than 52 countries,  with a more than 42.5 million song catalog and 140,000 high-quality  videos.<\/p>\n<p> The innovative TIDAL platform, combined with Sprint&#8217;s award-winning  reliable network and best value for unlimited data, talk and text, will  deliver a first-of-its-kind experience for music fans.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Jay saw not only a business need, but a cultural one, and put his heart  and grit into building TIDAL into a world-class music streaming  platform that is unrivaled in quality and content,&#8221; said Claure. &#8220;The  passion and dedication that these artist-owners bring to fans will  enable Sprint to offer new and existing customers access to exclusive  content and entertainment experiences in a way no other service can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: Sprint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global music and entertainment platform TIDAL and Sprint announced an unprecedented partnership that will soon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}