Share this postPlatform & StreamCan TIDAL Find a Future Which Doesn't End Badly?Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreCan TIDAL Find a Future Which Doesn't End Badly?Platform & StreamJan 24, 2017Share this postPlatform & StreamCan TIDAL Find a Future Which Doesn't End Badly?Copy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareThe suspicion that something doesn’t quite add up at TIDAL has nagged us for a while.The streaming market is enjoying a boom but, far from getting comfortable, music platform Deezer has unveiled a global scheme to champion upcoming artists, saying the industry has a responsibility to do so.In the 1950s and '60s, payola scandals led to Congressional investigations. Though today's tactics are more nuanced than handing a DJ a briefcase full of money, pay for play is still alive and well.Norway is doing away with FM -- will the US be next?The deal for a one-third stake in Tidal costs Sprint $200 million, according to a source.While music streaming has had good year overall, the financially polarizing pricing structure currently being implemented by the streaming industry seems to have some wondering if the number of customers willing to pay $9.99 has hit a saturation point.The combination of the festive season and streaming’s inexorable rise has finally provided long-awaited proof that the so-called ‘long tail’ in music retail now, definitively, exists.Alexa makes a great alarm clock that you can snooze or silence with your voice. By default, however, you cannot play music as an alarm. Using this workaround, you can play any song from Spotify as an alarm on the Amazon Dot, Echo or Tap.PreviousNext