mark: beyonce madonna, daft punk, the biggest names in modern music step up to sign their names. forever changing the course of music history. their plan, a new streaming service they see as a solution to the problems facing artists in the digital age. >> we want to create a better service and experience for fans and artists. that is our promise to the world. mark: tidal was bought by jay-z from a swedish technology firm. a majority of the company will be owned by artists. >> we need to write the story for ourselves. mark: it offers a standard description for $10 a month. it is the latest in a battle over music streaming that made more money than cd sales for the first time in 2014. a spot a says we think it is good for artists and labels to be on span of five because that is where the music fans are and we are confident that is where they will want to be. in answering the market, jay-z will be taking on some of the biggest and most powerful companies. spotify has 60 million users and apple is expected to introduce a subscriptions dreaming service later this year. -- subscription

>>> jay z's big money deal with beyonce, madonna, rihanna and so many more. what his new music streaming service means for you. >> how his a-listir empe-like announcement all came together. >> we need to write the story for ourselves. >> inside today's l tidawave of excitement and critics of spotify's new rival. >> where were other big names like katy? >> are you going to join tidal? >> and the hollywood movie mogul accused of groping this model and the nypd investigation. >> plus, why stars were invading new york by boats and by train. >> i was on the subway today. >> also, viola davis on her childhood, literally starving. >> i jumped in huge garbage bins with maggots for food. >> how do you fight the shame? >> and ringo starr on zayne quitting one direction. >> compared to them, we were on holiday. >> can you believe he's about to turn 75? >> can you speak up? >> huh, i can't hear you. >> now, "e.t." celebrating music's biggest stars of yesterday and today. beyonce, nicki minaj. why are they making those silly faces? >> crazy excited. >> they're giddy. they

beyonce, madonna, alicia keys rihanna and others appeared on stage in new york on monday and all are getting a piece of the business in return for emotional support. for $19.99 a month title will offer exclusive members online streaming on pcs, tablets and phones. back over to you. >> landon dowdy with cnbc, thanks. >>> the wind is blowing above building level with light air at the surface and cold air is moving in. if you are moving out the door, bundle up. >>> and pay attention to this traffic update from the first alert traffic center with christine maddela. good morning. >> good morning, bill. we have a multi-vehicle accident with a tractor-trailer and a car on interstate 78 between exit 40 and 45. all lanes are closed there. i'm going to get you an update when we come back. >>> and i'm matt delucia live in conshohocken where fire crews are on the scene of a house fire. we're going to talk with neighbors coming up after the break who witnessed this whole thing. >>> and i'm jesse gary live in center city. it has happened again along the septa lines. a passenger assaulted and now t

cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> jay z's big money deal with beyonce, madonnaa and so many more. what his new music streaming service means for you. >> how his a-list empire-like announcement all came together. >> we need to write the story for ourselves. >> inside today's tidal wave of excitement and critics of spotify's new rival. >> where were other big names like katy? >> are you going to join tidal? >> and the hollywood movie mogul accused of groping this model and the nypd investigation. >> plus, why stars were invading new york by boats and by train. >> i was on the subway today. >> also, viola davis on her childhood, literally starving. >> i jumped in huge garbage bins

. >> kanye, beyonce, madonna, daft punk, and more than a dozen others announce their involvement in the new streaming music service tidal. it's the only streaming service to be owned mostly by the artists themselves. >> the launch event was full of star power, but light on specifics, with few new details about how tidal plans to win fans and artists away from spot aify, the streaming service currently at the top of the charts. anyone who wants to use tidal will have to spend at least $10 a month, and cd-quality audio will cost $20, double spotify's rate. tidal will also feature videos and articles. jay-z bought a major stake earlier this year. and recruited some of music's biggest names to invest in the service as well. but will beyonce fans that don't want to pay a monthly premium still be able to stream her latest hit? unlike spotify, tidal has no free option for consumers. taylor swift had a public break-up with spotify last november over artist royalties. pulling her music from the service and writing, valuable things should be paid for. but industry experts say she may be the excep

candid comments about with beck winning albumn of the year which he thought should have gone to beyonce. madonna candor recently worked together on tracks on madonna's upcoming albumn rebble hearts. calls him to a beautiful match. >> i which i love. >> you know what i notice, do you ever see madonna at these awards shows typically not? does she ever show up for these? >> she did say in the rolling stone interview, she was like you just go for fun the cam rad rip, to be there you don't go and get that caught up in who is winning what, and what should be to which group. it is just -- she is like who cares? if you know you are good, you are good. >> true, and all making a lot of monday. >> i quick madonna side note, bj put the photo of her getting pulled during -- >> oh, yes. >> warning madonna philadelphia has a lot of steps, referring not rocky steps museum. yes. >> hilarious. >> let's get to jared lenno. he is ready for his close up, as the joker in the upcoming batman movie. so the oscar winning actress his trademark, which you won't be seeing them, in the movie suicide squat. the movie's direc

some big names are backing jay-z, including his wife, beyonce, madonna, kanye west, cold play, and aliciaeys. >> a big trend on social media as that was announced. if you've been anywhere on social media the past 18 hours or so, you probably know about trevor miller. i think he looks familiar. he's the 31-year-old south african comedian chosen to replace jon stewart on "the daily show." >> noah is a controversial choice. some people are team noah all the way, while others say wrong man, wrong time. he's a household name in his country, but virtually unknown in america. is he funny, that's the big question. >> it's weird because you land in america, and the questions they would ask at the border control would be interesting. you'd get there and the man would look at me. as soon as he'd see i'm from south africa, sure, south africa, have you been -- been in contact with ebola? [ laughter ] >> like me answer would be yes. [ laughter ] >> next stop, disney world. >> trevor noah understandably excited about his new gig. of course he reacted on twitter, "no one can replace jon stewart. but toge

tidal for $56 million but it will now be majority owned by the artists rihanna, kanye west, madonna, beyonceicia keys and others involved. tidal will have no free version. subscriptions will be either 10 or 20 bucks a month depending on the quality of service you choose. >>> the company behind the tesla electric car will unveil a major new product line, and it is not a car. tesla ceo elon musk tweeted the announcement and the date, april 30th. company watchers are guessing it will be home battery -- a home battery that can store solar energy and wean consumers from utility companies. tesla is already building the world's biggest battery factory in nevada. >>> air travel is back to normal this morning after a computer glitch at jetblue caused long lines and delayed flights. the glitch prevented passengers from checking in at airport kiosks. instead, everybody had to go to the counter. jetblue suspended flights for a short time. that caused backups and, as you can imagine, a lot of customer complaints. >>> well, mcdonald's, meanwhile, wants you to have it your way even if your way happens to b

>>> a grammy award winning songwriter who worked with beyonce and madonna and elton john is the victim of a burglary. police are looking for suspects would broke into the home and made off with $50,000 worth of gold coins. investigators believe the crooks picked the house because it is being renovateed and accessible. he said the safe was top of line and he has been collecting the coins his whole life get the first one when he was just 12 years old. >> we want to introduce you to a power lifter call order the beast." >> take a look, arnold schwarzenegger was on hand as he deadlifted a world record 1,018 pounds in australia. you can see the determination on his face after he...what is the word? >> dropped the barbell. >> he did a deadlift. >> "the beast," let out a monster scream. >> i was thinking this is the spitting image of mike but for the beard. >> and roar name make is "the beast," but his muscles are bigger. >> the brain muscles. >> the head, obviously, all that muscle. >> now a look at what is going on outside. keep 'em up bell -- humble clouds across the north bay which are sh

he was joined by some of the biggest names in music, wife beyonce, kanye west alicia keys, madonna andna. they have been offered stock in the company in exchange for financial support. one partner was offered $3 million for a stake and tidal is the first ever artist owned global music and entertainment platform. >> our goal is simple. we want to create a better service and better experience for fans and artists and that is our promise to the world. ou mission goes beyond commerce. it goes beyond technology. our intent is to preserve music's importance in our lives. >> jay-z's company bought the swedish company behind tidal earlier this month for $54 million. it's the latest addition to a portfolio that includes artist management music publishing and sports marketing. it's already available in 35 countries. it has 503,000 users as of january and subscribers can access millions of songs and content or listen off line. the package costs twice as much as spotify and may offer exclusive releases betting fans want to sign up if they can get rihanna's new album weeks before rivals have it and

. >> a grammy award winning songwriter who was worked with john legend and madonna and beyonce is a victim made off with $50 the in gold coins. they believe the home was pick because it was renovated and was accessible. he said the safe was to which the line and been collecting coins his whole life getting the first when he was just 12. >> the researchers give us never-before-seen look at the life of an endangered species in a video called "the turtle camera," which spend several months of the year in nova scotia. researchers have only studied turtles using satellite and this technology with cameras on the back of the turtle gives a look at owe they made and search for food and swim. fishing is illegal because they are protected. >> they look majestic. >> they do. and meteorologist mike nicco has warmth temperatures. >> above average today. more so tomorrow. a change as spring rolls into the forecast on friday. >>> tracking high clouds and live doppler hd will headache for a beautiful sunrise this morning if you capture it love to see it on my twitter. winds are light and variable but will

we also have madonna, beyonce are all partnering to bring this service to the public. title will be available in 31 countries. it could make waves in the music streaming industry. >>> we'll take a quick break. coming up a deadly incident at the nsa headquarters. we'll talk about that coming up in just a minute. >>> san francisco's defense attorney opening up a wider information by police and sheriff's. >>> and palo alto trying to weed out who exposed himself at a popular shopping center. these stories and more when we come back. >>> the cal soccer player who disappeared turns out was hit and killed by a car on the freeway. vasquez was last seen at a fraternity party saturday morning. he left the party and they report today a fatal collision with a pedestrian on eastbound highway 10. they confirmed the pedestrian struck was vasquez. >>> and a memorial procession planned for michael johnson, the veteran police officer who was shot and killed while responding to a call about a suicidal man. it will impact people and there will be rolling road closures along the route betw

beyonce that comes after. there'll never be another madonna. whether we like her or not, there'll never be another michael jackson. you know. it's just not possible. that's an icon. there'll never be another tina turn. >> or richard prior. >> ain't going to happen. to say to someone, to try to sum up who my father is. i'm like i don't know how, because he would so bigger, so much bigger than life in his art, in his everything, his essence, in his person. >> did you feel that way growing up or did it take you a while to understand all that he was and his impact. when did it hit you? >> i don't think i knew his impact. i knew who he was. like, i had a soul connection with dad. it was deep. like i knew who he was. i knew who - i knew when he was sad. i knew when he was hope. i knew when he was frustrated and angry, i know what made him stick. tick. i know who his friend were and who they are weren't. i knew his quirks. the man. his iconic value or his iconic personae, i don't think i really grasped until the day he died. walking through the airpor

madonna rihanna and his wife beyonce a star studded panel there. he wants to put control of the music business back into the hands of artists. >> everything he touches everybody wants to tryout madonna included. >>> some of the top companies are looking to hire 1,000 people across delaware barclays and capital one and jp morgan chase met with students from wilmington and they are developing the skills for high tech jobs and they could eventually fill the bank's open positions. >>> in philadelphia city council hearings began today on mayor michael nutter's budget proposal he wants to raise property taxes to bring in $1.5 million for the city's struggling schools. they have to agree on the support for the district and they will spend the next to months debating the budget. >>> something we hope you'll love as much as we do. the iconic piece of the skyline, the action cam is giving you a live look as crews inflate, yes the 6 abc zoo balloon as we speak. this is a replacement after the original one suffered significant weather damage last year. once aga

majority of the company will be owned by artists, including big names like rihanna kanye west, madonna and beyonce >> some of trevor noah's old tweets are drawing controversy. comedy central hopes the comedian can keep the daily show alive. >> after john stewart announced he would leave the daily show later this year, speculation over his replacement was intense and now the mystery answered. comedy central's choice for a successor is south african funny man trevor noah. >> on the hiphop station they sense a hiphop. why would you do that? it's a hiphop station. >> his father is south african and father swiss joined the show back in december. >> the road on the right is a super highway in central africa. the photo on the left, i took that from my cab here on the way from the airport. >> right now he's the show's tongue in cheek international correspondent, get it? john stewart turned the program into a jug you are put that with a nightly audience of 2 million viewers. his success is built on tearing down america's news media including aljazeera america and even me. >> our show, here it is, the momen

kanye, madonna, beyonce, daft punk and others announced involvement in the service tidal, touted at theservice to be owned most lie by the artists themselves. the launch was full of star power, but light on specifics with few new details about how tidal plans to win fans and artists away from spotify, the streaming service currently at the top of the charts. anyone will have to spend at least $10 a month and audio will cost 20 double the premium rate. jay z bought a major stake earlier this year and recruited the biggest names to invest in the service as well. will fans that don't want to pay a monthly premium still be able to stream her latest hits? unlike spotify, they have no free option for consumers. taylor swift had a public break up with spotify over royalties, pulling her music from the service and writing in a "wall street journal" op ed valuable things should be paid for. industry experts said she may be the exception and not the rule. >> you are not going to have to pay tidal to pay kanye and madonna and jay z and beyonce, but there is a chance that to hear music from these a

which performer had the fastest selling album in itunes history, katy perry, beyonce, or madonna? bum out on itunes by herself. no middle man, did incredibly well. and beyonce, as it was called was the fastest selling album ever on itunes, it is incredible. almost a million copies in three weeks. >> that is sick. >> michigan. >> okay, beautiful there. the coo of facebook sheryl sandberg and the ceo of yahoo, marissa mayor, both launched their tech careers at google, apple, or microsoft? >> apple? >> no. >> oh. >> yay. >> the correct answer is google. >> google. yeah, seems like all roads lead to google today, right? >> so anyway, both of them, marissa started as the first female engineer. she was employee number 20. >> was she really? >> guess how that paid off. exactly. >> sheryl was in 2001. and she was in charge of global online sales and operations until she was moved over by mark zurkberg over to facebook. >> wow. >> not a bad place to start i would say. >> what were we doing when we could have been at google? >> hello. over to you. >> from gainesville. who said there is no su

calvin harris madonna, nicki minaj beyonce. ball there in silence. -- all there in silence.le it was alicia keys he gave the standup proclamation as to why they were doing it. is going to be $20 per month streaming. mark: what would they have song if you could have had them sing together? caroline: big pimpin'? [laughter] mark: "countdown" continues next. ♪ mark: european equities head for their strongest quarter since 2009. caroline: proposals to boost greek finances, the prime minister seeks to rally a consensus and parliament. manus: deadline day for iran talks. john kerry warns of issues in front of talks on iran's nuclear program. mark: "countdown welcome to caroline: we are getting some breaking news. a flurry of u.k. numbers today. kingfisher is the u.k.'s largest retailer. we are expecting sales to drop by about 1%. we are expecting profit before tax to be down $.11. we have gotten something from thomas kerr. mark: we are expecting numbers from the operator any second. the chinese company will buy a stake. this is the big news. you are getting some details? caroline:

madonna, coldplay, and beyonce turning their twitter profiles blue in support.ow has he been able to garner that kind of support from fellow musicians were others weren't able to? joe: he's jay-z. it starts with the j and goes to the z. it looks like he is putting together an artist first service. we will know more after the announcement. artists have been vocal with their the satisfaction of spotify's medium service -- spotify's premium service. title for all once you give your credit card information. artists want a purely subscription driven model. they do not love the freemium model. alix: do you think it would have done better had it not gone into the apple ecosystem? joe: beats will remain a subscription driven service in its relaunch. it does not believe in the freemium model. beats was just a starting point when it was gobbled up in a very large acquisition by apple. when it relaunches, trent resin or will be out in front running the service. the artist involvement looks like it will be a selling point to the consumers. alix: thank you for joining us. th

now, jay-z is teaming up with 16 of the biggest names in music including madonna, rhianna alicia keys coldplay and, of course beyoncepes to put control back in the hands of the artists. >> right now, they write the story for us. we need to write the story for ourselves. >> taylor swift pulled her music off spotify late last year because she felt the royalty rate she received from spotify weren't as valuable. alison: so title will have a basic membership tier for $10 and a premium membership for $20. leon: a mom's apology on facebook is getting a lot of attention. she found out that her kids were behaving badly at a movie theater. she sent her daughter and stepdaughter to the movies to see "cinderella" with their older brother last weekend. afterwards she found out the girls kicked the seat in front of them and talked through the movie even after another mom asked them not to do that. wood posted an apology on facebook asking for that mother to contact her. wood offered her kids allowance to pay for another movie. >> i was expecting someone to be upset that i approached their daughters and spoke to them. i was shocke

beyonce. so she has taken corn flakes. one of her favorites. >> who's that? >> that one i believe is -- >> is it gaga, madonna?different. she has a mole on her chin. maybe a speck. >> that is lionel ritchie. >> stevie wonder. >> who's blind. >> sorry. >> oh, boy. i'm going to have a little coffee. apparently she uses corn flakes, different cereals and wants to do adam levine in fruity pebbles. i mistook lionel ritchie for stevie wonder. >> that's awesome. >> i'm going to take another -- >> all right. one more thing to show you here. perfume, different scents, women are in to their p.m. perfume. how many do you keep? >> i have a bottle or two. >> add one to your collection. there it is. burger king -- it is called flame grilled. what would you imagine it smells like if it is from burger king. >> it is whopper scented. this is in japan. they are supposed to release it april 1st, some suspect it is an april fool's joke but you can put it on your shelf and smell like a whopper. >> do people want to smell like flame broiled hamburger? >> people get hu >>> this morning on "world news now," horrifying attack on terro