Digital payments firm Square said on March 4, 2021, it was buying a controlling stake in the streaming music platform Tidal from a group led by Jay-Z for $297 million in cash and stock. “The acquisition extends Square’s purpose of economic empowerment to a new vertical: musicians,” said a statement from Square, the finance tech firm led by Jack Dorsey, who is also the chief executive of Twitter.
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