{"id":8399,"date":"2015-04-07T10:24:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T10:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=8399"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:17:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:17:45","slug":"softbank-and-sprint-acquire-minority-stake-in-jay-zs-aspirotidal-for-250-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/softbank-and-sprint-acquire-minority-stake-in-jay-zs-aspirotidal-for-250-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Softbank and Sprint Acquire Minority Stake in Jay Z&#8217;s Aspiro\/Tidal for $250 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like the Jay Z&#8217;s acquisition of Aspiro (who own Tidal and Wimp) has made his a lot of money! Jay Z acquired Aspiro for $56 million last month. Now Telecommunications network Sprint and its parent company SoftBank have acquired a minority stake in Tidal for a reported $250 million. <\/p>\n<p>That investment would then value Aspiro for around $500 million minimum if that reports are correct. <\/p>\n<p>The New York Post also reports that Tidal claims to have signed up 100,000 new subscribers since its high profile, live streamed press conference and launch event last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tidal-share-700x383.png\" alt=\"Tidal music streaming\" width=\"700\" height=\"383\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8265 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tidal-share-700x383.png 700w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tidal-share-577x315.png 577w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tidal-share.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like the Jay Z&#8217;s acquisition of Aspiro (who own Tidal and Wimp) has made his a lot of money! Jay Z acquired Aspiro for $56 million last month. Now Telecommunications network Sprint and its parent company SoftBank have acquired a minority stake in Tidal for a reported $250 million. That investment would then value Aspiro for around $500 million minimum if that reports are correct. 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