Twitter boss Jack Dorsey is buying Jay Z’s streaming platform Tidal hoping to find new ways for artists to make money.

If you’ve never heard of Tidal, that’s not shocking. Jay-Z bought Tidal for millions but itnever found proper footing because Spotify and Apple Music dominated the market.
Tidal never had a big subscriber base, hence, never paid artists substantial money.

Anyhow, Jesse Dorogusker, the Square executive now in charge of Tidal says,
“We see musicians as entrepreneurs who have some tools but not others. They don’t have great financial systems.”

Will Tidal help artists sell merchandise and tickets using data? I’m not sure what the plan is….

Eminem released a new track in response to a TikTok campaign that is trying to CANCEL him.

“I won’t stop even when my hair turns gray (I’m tone deaf)/ ‘Cause they won’t stop until they cancel me,” Em tweeted when dropping the video.

Eminem was blasted by a TikTok Campaign over the 2010 single, “Love the Way You Lie,” that promotes domestic violence according to critics. Marshall Mathers doesn’t sweat backlash. In fact, he welcomes the media mob.

Up and coming Madison releases Seize The Day. You’ll like if you’re a fan of Gaga’s earlier work.
The Australian artist collaborates with Sweden based producer Oliver Lundstrom (James Arthur, producer X factor UK, Faouzia). She released her debut track last year with Indiana followed by the ballad What Did I Do To You.  Give it a stream on KOAR’s Indie Invaders.

The government of India has threatened to jail employees of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter as it seeks to end political protests and take control over American owned tech platforms.

Twitter “will continue to advocate for the fundamental principles of the Open Internet,” a company spokesman said, adding: “Threats to these principles are on the rise around the world, which is of deep concern.”
Other nations have responded that the U.S. big tech companies are not advocating an open internet. Instead these social platforms have morphed into media and publishing companies.
Right now, Facebook and WhatsApp have more users in India than in any other country.

Fort Collins indie act Pandas & People are making some noise with their latest release Bad Honey. You’ll like if you love big anthemic indie radio rock. The song was added to the station KTCL by Nerf – the largest iHeart Alt station. The Dan Friedman repped act broke into the top 10 Denver-metro Shazam charts and shared the stage with Twenty One Pilots, Judah & the Lion, and American Authors.