This week on the Daily Chord, a new royalty distribution organization was appointed, YouTube blocked stream-ripping sites, and we shared a good list of overlooked 2019 albums. Keeping up with the latest in music is a breeze if you check in with us each weekday. Sign up for our email blast and we’ll send you the headlines.
Monday, July 8
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Stevie Wonder: ‘I’m going to take a break’; will have kidney transplant this summer
Post from Detroit News -
The DMCA bell did not toll for a beloved musician – thus, I could grieve for him
Story from Ars Technica -
Why the US Copyright Office chose the Mechanical Licensing Collective
Story from Billboard -
João Gilberto, an architect of Bossa Nova, is dead at 88
Obituary from NY Times -
How music about space became music about drugs
Essay from MIT Technology Review -
How the Haxan Cloak’s Bobby Krlic brought unnerving beauty to ‘Midsommar’
Interview from The Fader
Tuesday, July 9
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YouTube users can’t stop streaming Latin pop
Post from BBC News -
Spotify Lite for Android gets official launch in 36 countries
Post from TechCrunch -
Your guide to urbano’s power players: The new stars, OGs and next class
List from Vulture -
7digital grows annual revenues but still needs $5.5 million investment to survive
Post from Billboard -
James Henke, key figure at Rock Hall of Fame and Rolling Stone magazine, dies at 64
Obituary from Variety -
‘Old Town Road’ has been no. 1 for 14 weeks
Item from Stereogum
Wednesday, July 10
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Eric Prydz is going to DJ inside a giant glowing sphere
Post from The Verge -
YouTube revamps its copyright claims system for creators
Item from Engadget -
How Pearl Jam took on the music industry and lost – but predicted the future
Story from The Independent -
Great records you may have missed: Spring 2019
List from Pitchfork -
‘We’ve hit the jackpot’: How Universal turned around its market share
Post from Music Week -
What’s Scooter Braun doing?
Column from Rolling Stone
Thursday, July 11
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YouTube ‘blocks’ popular MP3 stream-ripping sites
Post from Torrent Freak -
‘This is the most exciting time the music business has ever known’ – Mark Gillespie
Interview from Music Business Worldwide -
Internet Creators Guild shuts down, hits out at music labels
Post from Music Ally -
Diplo’s ‘Mad Decent Block Party’ abruptly canceled
Post from NBC 10 Boston -
Metallica to publish children’s book, ‘The ABCs Of Metallica’
Item from The Guardian -
Bon Iver announce new album ‘i,i’ share 2 new songs
Post from Pitchfork
Friday, July 12
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Amazon Music Unlimited is growing faster than Apple Music or Spotify, report says
Post from Ars Technica -
Life without iTunes is sweet indeed
Review from Gizmodo -
R. Kelly arrested on child pornography and other federal charges
Post from NY Times -
UK music industry declares climate emergency, backed by Radiohead, Idles and Nadine Shah
Post from NME -
UK competitions authority raises concerns about Live Nation/MCD merger
Post from Billboard -
Kaina gives her soulful R&B the intimacy of real and chosen family
Profile from Chicago Reader
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