Tidal is launching a free tier in the U.S. and is introducing a user-centric payment model for its premium subscription offerings.| Billboard
SoundCloud finalized a deal with Warner Music allowing WMG artists to be paid based on the number of individual users streaming their music.| Billboard
In SoundCloud's next era, its new executives aim turn the platform built as an artist launching pad into a career destination.| Billboard
Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge called for an "updated model" for the industry in his annual New Year's memo to UMG staff.| Billboard
Paris-based streaming service Deezer, which boasts of 14 million active users, is pushing ahead with a pilot plan that would reconfigure how it pays artists.| Billboard
Starting April 1, Soundcloud will pay artists and indie rights holders based on their number of listeners, not stream counts.| Billboard
Spotify must pay songwriters their fair share, says the company's former music publishing head and music consultant Adam Parness in a guest column.| Billboard