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Monday, February 5
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Apple Music set to overtake Spotify in US subscribers, WSJ says
Post from CNET -
Best Buy to pull CDs Target threatens to pay labels for CDs only when customers buy them
Post from Billboard -
Why is James Brown’s estate still unsettled? Ask the lawyers
Story from NY Times -
Is the greatest hits album dead?
Post from BBC News -
Hidden tracks: The unreleased music from major stars we may never hear
Post from The Guardian -
Dennis Edwards, a Temptation who stood nine feet tall
Tribute from Detroit Free Press
Tuesday, February 6
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Top female executives send rebuke to Grammys leadership
Story from NY Times -
Apple Music now has 36 million subscribers
Post from Variety -
Don’t give Spotify too much credit for adding credits
Opinion from Pitchfork -
Myanmar’s metal scene stands strong in the midst of political upheaval
Story from Noisey -
How 5G could change everything from music to medicine
Post from CNN Money -
Ask an indie-rock veteran: How important are drugs to a music scene?
Column from AV Club
Wednesday, February 7
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Chinese music industry reacts to government’s hip-hop ban
Story from Billboard -
‘Nashville celebrates songwriters more than anywhere else in the world’
Interview from Music Business Worldwide -
Google ‘tightens standards’ on secondary-ticketing search ads
Post from Music Ally -
Inside music merch’s gold rush
Story from Rolling Stone -
Apple’s Shazam acquisition to be examined by the European Commission
Post from The Verge -
Stage Management 101: Communication is everything with multi-act productions
Recap from Pollstar
Thursday, February 8
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John Perry Barlow, internet pioneer, 1947-2018
Obituary from Electronic Frontier Foundation -
Leon (Ndugu) Chancler, versatile drummer, is dead at 65
Obituary from NY Times -
Significant 2018 tax changes for music publishers
Guest post from Hypebot -
Concord Music acquires venerable film music label Varèse Sarabande
Item from Deadline -
Sharon Osbourne: ‘Shame on AEG’ for demanding O2 Arena and Staples Center block booking on Ozzy tour
Item from Billboard -
Well being in the music industry: ‘It’s a global myth that mental illness is a weakness’
Post from Music Ally
Friday, February 9
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Why music festival culture is playlist culture
Post from Forbes -
BBC Music bringing new artists to SXSW
Post from BBC News -
Alexa can build Amazon Music playlists for you
Post from Engadget -
Songwriter Justin Tranter performs hits, talks female artists at YouTube music night
Post from Variety -
The end of Slayer, the greatest metal band still going
Story from Pitchfork -
Is Microsoft’s Paul Allen the new Jimi Hendrix? An investigation
Post from Stereogum
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