This week was marked by a strong response from YouTube to recent criticism from artists and labels. Interesting developments on the retail/label front arose, John Cale was an internet savior, and the Chili Peppers were mistaken for Metallica. The Daily Chord covered it all and more. The clicks are below, knock yourself out!
Monday, July 11
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How Spotify and Apple are winning a blockbuster war against YouTube
Analysis from Music Businesss Worldwide -
Joe Perry hospitalized
Story from CNN -
Creem Magazine chronicled in upcoming documentary
Post from Pitchfork -
Led Zep lawyers want $800k for defending ”Stairway To Heaven” lawsuit
Story from Ars Technica -
How Boston’s Fort Apache Studios captured the sound of an era
Feature from Consequence Of Sound -
Red Hot Chili Peppers mistaken for Metallica in Belarus customs gaffe
Item from Rolling Stone
Tuesday, July 12
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Blink-182 ends Drake’s lengthy run at no. 1 on Billboard
Story from NY Times -
Celeb 100: The world’s highest-paid celebrities of 2016
List from Forbes -
Queen Latifah at the 2016 VH1 Hip Hop Honors: ‘Racism is still alive and kicking’
Post from Billboard -
DJ Obi sets new world record for longest DJ set – 10 days
Post from The Guardian -
Top US cities for music, music fans
Post from Hypebot -
How to revive the music industry: Imogen Heap explains why blockchain could lead a music revolution
Post from City AM
Wednesday, July 13
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YouTube says its software let content owners make $1 billion in the last year – so the music labels should stop complaining
Post from Recode -
Money for nothing: The internet radio ‘value shift’ in waiting
Post from Medium -
Record labels need a change of culture in the ‘dashboard era’ of the music industry
Post from Medium -
A fight to make two classic songs copyright free to you and me
Story from NY Times -
Headphones everywhere
Post from The New Yorker -
Virtual reality: Inside Shura’s breakthrough
Profile from MTV News
Thursday, July 14
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Warner Music delivers potentially devastating blow to small record stores
Post from Pitchfork -
Bands urge action against ticket touts
Story from BBC News -
Fear not, indie musicians. The web can still bring unexpected victories
Post from Wired -
How In The Red Records has survived 25 years of weirdness and punk
Story from LA Times -
Two weeks on, is this the worst Glastonbury cleanup ever?
Post from The Guardian
Friday, July 15
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Vevo, with another revamp, wants to be the Vice of music videos
Post from CNET -
Popular music and the loss of anger
Story from LA Times -
The holdouts: An exploration of vinyl-only labels in the digital age
Feature from Pitchfork -
Bonnaroo’s ticket sales drop by 28,000
Story from The Tennessean -
Nice attack: Rihanna cancels concert as entertainment figures mourn
Story from BBC News -
‘We lost our minds’ – How The Avalanches spent the last 16 years
Story from The Guardian
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