The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 12

This week, reverberations from the musicians' attack on YouTube and the DOJ's consent decree decision rippled through the music business. Featured stories examined feminist punk, revolutionary rock from 1966, and the classic era of hip-hop. Tributes to Boston's first album and Massive Attack's 'Blue Lines' also made the Chord.

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Monday, August 8

• Railing collapse at Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa show injures 42
  Post from Rolling Stone
• 24 hospitalized in drug overdose at Ohio music festival
  Post from CNN
• Lyor Cohen: 'Steve Jobs was a seductive and profound bully'
  Interview from The Guardian
• So long, Marianne: Leonard Cohen's final letter to dying muse
  Story from The Telegraph
• A cri de couer from jazz musicians in a Black Lives Matter age
  Review from NY Times
• William Shakespeare as a pop songwriter
  Column from Paste

Tuesday, August 9

• Frank Ocean's imaginary album
  Post from MTV News
• Epic Records whips up hit record out of thin air (and online streams)
  Story from NY Times
• Windish, AGI Partners launch fund to invest in emerging artists
  Post from Billboard
• Led Zeppelin lose fight to recoup legal fees from Stairway trial
  Item from BBC News
• A station is born: Inside the high-risk, low-watt, quirky world of community radio
  Story from Washington Post
• How Nigerian artists made their mark on British music
  Post from The Guardian

Wednesday, August 10

• Sirius owner savages Spotify business mode, warns of Amazon 'commoditization'
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• De La Soul's legacy is trapped in digital limbo
  Post from NY Times
• Townes Van Zandt, 3 others named to Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame
  Post from The Tennessean
• Why old school hip-hop is the hot new thing in pop culture
  Feature from Dallas Morning News
• Ed Sheeran sued for allegedly copying Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' in 'Thinking Out Loud'
  Post from NME
• Who picks the music for Olympic gymnastics?
  Post from MEL

Thursday, August 11

• DOJ slams BMI's protest of licensing changes
  Post from Billboard
• Brainstorming the business of music
  Post from Boston Globe
• The story of feminist punk in 33 songs
  Feature from Pitchfork
• Musicians in a refugee camp in France record 'The Calais Sessions'
  Story from NY Times
• Boston's debut album isn't a guilty pleasure - it's one of the best records ever
  Post from The Observer
• Paul McCartney looks back
  Interview from Rolling Stone

Friday, August 12

• The music industry's new war is about so much more than copyright
  Post from Fast Company
• Spotify launches new portal dedicated to video game music
  Post from The Verge
• Green Day say new album reflects fear and anger of US presidential election
  Post from NME
• 1966 could be rock 'n roll's most revolutionary year, thanks to the Beatles, Dylan and the Beach Boys
  Post from LA Times
• Massive Attack's 'Blue Lines' just turned 25, but it still feels ahead of its time
  Post from Vulture
• Four times you shouldn't take the gig
  Post from Sonicbids