The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, December 9

The Oakland warehouse tragedy shook the music and creative communities this week. YouTube's royalty payments were released and immediately critiqued. The 2017 Grammy nominations were announced, and the year-end lists continued rolling out.

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Monday, December 5

• At least 33 people killed in fire at Oakland warehouse party
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Oakland's Ghost Ship fire is nightmare scenario for promoters, governments and music lovers
  Post from LA Times
• Aggressive Live Nation buys again with 7th major acquisition of 2016
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• The Eagles, James Taylor, Mavis Staples among those feted at Kennedy Center Honors
  Post from Billboard
• Raynoma Gordy Singleton, an early Motown force, dies at 79
  Obituary from NY Times
• Donald Glover's new understatement
  Review from New Yorker

Tuesday, December 6

• A warning for Americans from a member of Pussy Riot
  Post from NY Times
• Grammys 2017: The full nominations list
  Post from Pitchfork
• Vinyl sales made more than downloads last week
  Post from BBC News
• The best music of 2016
  Feature from NPR
• Women in music 2016
  Feature from Billboard
• First click: Amazon's Echo taught me I have no idea what music I like
  Post from The Verge

Wednesday, December 7

• Apple and Spotify are generating $7 billion a year in streaming music revenue
  Post from Recode
• Texas could lose $8.5B if anti-gay or transgender bathroom laws are passed, study claims
  Story from Dallas Morning News
• YouTube's $1 bn royalties are not enough, says music industry
  Post from BBC News
• Björk invades Houston with a virtual reality assault for the ages
  Post from Paper City
• Pandora officially unveils its long-awaited Spotify competitor
  Post from Engadget
• Sturgill Simpson is as surprised as you at his Grammy nomination
  Story from NY Times

Thursday, December 8

• Best music marketing 2016
  Post from AdAge
• SFX Entertainment emerges from bankruptcy with new name: LiveStyle
  Story from NY Times
• Martin Garrix is the happiest superstar DJ in EDM
  Profile from MTV News
• King Crimson star Greg Lake dies aged 69
  Notice from BBC News
• Yoko Ono makes plea for gun control on anniversary of John Lennon's murder
  Post from NME
• Why the music industry needs a revamped relationship with artists, entrepreneurs
  Guest column from Variety

Friday, December 9

• Congress moves to curb ticket scalping, banning bots used online
  Story from NY Times
• YouTube tackles unclaimed music royalties
  Post from BBC News
• 15 years on: Feeder's 'Just A Day', the music video that invented YouTube
  Story from CNET
• Ann Powers' favorite 2016 albums (beyond the obvious)
  Post from NPR Music
• Spotify doesn't want to buy SoundCloud anymore
  Post from The Verge
• Atlanta music industry scores victory against proposed ordinance
  Story from WTOC