Wave goodbye to September with this week's top music stories in The Daily Chord. YouTube hired Lyor Cohen to head their music initiatives in a bid to ease escalating tensions with labels. Karaoke-style app Musical.ly is being noticed by adults, and we noted new companies Deepgram and Dash Music. Music in autonomous cars is another new phenomenon to ponder.
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Monday, September 26
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Wenner to sell 49% of Rolling Stone to Singapore's BandLab
Post from Bloomberg -
Drake's 'Views' returns to no. 1 on Billboard 200 chart for 13th week
Post from Billboard -
Stanley Dural Jr., founder of Buckwheat Zydeco, dies at 68
Obituary from NY Times -
Country Music Hall Of Famer Jean Shepard dead at 82
Obituary from The Tennessean -
Leonardo DiCaprio and Sharon Jones confirmed for Obama's first festival
Post from The Guardian -
A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘The Low End Theory’ - 10 things you didn’t know
List from Rolling Stone
Tuesday, September 27
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Major labels sue YouTube ripping site
Story from BBC News -
Launching a 'Google for sound,' Deepgram raises $1.8 million
Post from TechCrunch -
Rdio's bankruptcy: Inside a failing music streaming service
Story from Billboard -
Spotify rolls out Daily Mixes - auto-generated playlists made up of songs you already like
Post from Recode -
Dash Radio launches a filter that lets you toggle between clean and explicit music
Post from The Verge -
The battle over a rock fest that Joshua Tree locals say will rattle wildlife and the desert town's chill vibe
Story from LA Times
Wednesday, September 28
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Elvis Costello's New York soul
Profile from NY Times -
Could the future of Americana be...British?
Story from The Guardian -
Drone to the face doesn't stop Bone Thugs-n-Harmony show
Post from SF Gate -
Google Play Music is now available in India
Post from TechCrunch -
Amazon's plans to infiltrate homes this holiday: Music via Echo
Story from Chicago Tribune -
41 tips for women starting out in the music business
Post from PIAS
Thursday, September 29
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YouTube hires music executive as a liaison to the industry
Story from NY Times -
Teen-focused app musical.ly is the music industry's new secret weapon
Story from Vice -
Where do record labels stand in music's 'streaming wars'?
Post from The Independent -
We were stealing music way before the internet and millennials
Post from Engadget -
The Spotify and SoundCloud deal may not happen, but it makes plenty of sense
Post from Recode -
The taxonomy of tech holdouts
Post from The Ringer
Friday, September 30
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Lady Gaga to headline Super Bowl halftime show
Item from BBC News -
5 reasons why the music industry should care about autonomous vehicles
Post from Forbes -
Get rich or try dying - how musicians' estates are the biggest earners in pop
Post from The Guardian -
Shazam is finally profitable after a billion downloads
Post from TechCrunch -
SiriusXM launches music talk radio channel
Post from Pitchfork -
With vinyl, the musician Tycho establishes a physical presence
Story from NY Times
