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Monday, April 16
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Beyoncé is bigger than Coachella
Review from NY Times -
Mixcloud, the audio streaming platform for long-form content, raises $11.5M from WndrCo
Post from TechCrunch -
Meet the unassuming drum machine that changed music forever
Post from Vox -
Killer Mike discusses guns, police brutality and racism with MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid
Post from Uproxx -
Watch Nardwuar’s Cardi B interview
Post from Pitchfork -
The rock hall induction’s hottest speech trend? Dissing the rock hall induction.
Post from Vulture
Tuesday April 17
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Compton’s Kendrick Lamar makes history with Pulitzer Prize win
Post from LA Times -
Why did the Instagram of music fail?
Interview from The Verge -
Who’s who among the music industry’s advocates on Capitol Hill
Post from Billboard -
Top iOS apps for songwriters, music makers
Guest post from Hypebot -
Anonymous donor leaves $10 million to Seattle radio station KEXP
Story from Seattle Times -
If Universal’s going to go public, Vivendi should strike while the iron’s hot
Commentary from Music Business Worldwide
Wednesday, April 18
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Prince memoir to be released this year
Item from Pitchfork -
Style is an algorithm
Post from Racked -
Survey shows extent of class divide in creative industries
Post from Frieze -
Greil Marcus’ Real Life Top Ten: Bettye Lavette rewrites Dylan, George Washington claps back
Column from Village Voice -
Fruit Punch Music promises to be ‘Spotify for kids’
Post from Music Ally -
Ronald Dunbar, 78, producer and Grammy-winning songwriter, dies
Obituary from NY Times
Thursday, April 19
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Sexual harassment was rampant at Coachella 2018
Story from Teen Vogue -
The day music discovery failed me
Post from Medium -
How Janelle Monáe found her voice
Profile from NY Times Magazine -
German music industry bosses under fire following anti-Semitism row at Echo Awards
Post from Music Business Worldwide -
The festivals aiming to get rid of single-use plastic by 2021
Post from BBC News -
The ghost of Big Freedia
Post from Noisey
Friday, April 20
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How music generated by artificial intelligence is reshaping – not destroying – the industry
Story from Billboard -
Carver County closes Prince death investigation with no criminal charges
Story from Star-Tribune -
For Albuquerque’s headbanger mayor, power comes in power chords
Story from NY Times -
Musiio uses AI to help the music industry curate tracks more efficiently
Post from TechCrunch -
Thirty years after her death, Nico finally comes into focus
Feature from Pitchfork -
How blockchain and bitcoin could revolutionize the economics of secondary ticketing
Post from Pollstar
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