The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, March 10

Among this week's Daily Chord headlines, music industry players joined the A Day Without A Woman protests and actions, music education and music technology face threats from the executive branch, and Ed Sheeran has a blockbuster on his hands.

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Monday, March 6

• Russia out of tune with Ukraine's Eurovision show
  Story from BBC News
• How Trump's FCC is quickly working to undo network neutrality
  Post from Recode
• Jeff Tweedy, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Big Star's Jody Stephens feature in new concert film
  Post from Pitchfork
• Best sites to buy MP3 music
  Review slideshow from CNET
• Stephin Merritt finds 50 ways to sing his life story
  Story from NY Times
• Tommy Page, singer and former Billboard publisher, dies at 46
  Obituary from Billboard

Tuesday, March 7

• Chance The Rapper donates $1 million to Chicago Public Schools
  Story from CNN
• Smirnoff aims to double female festival headliners with Equalizing Music Initiative
  Post from Billboard
• George Michael died of natural causes
  Item from BBC News
• Why Prefab Sprout's return with America is a whim and a wonder
  Post from The Guardian
• The Chainsmokers' latest chart feat means they can now be mentioned in the same breath as the Beatles and BeeGees
  Post from Vulture
• How the governor and music heavy hitters plan to make sure every Colorado kid has access to an instrument and instruction
  Story from Denver Post

Wednesday, March 8

• Valerie June: The first time I lost a parent
  Essay from NY Times
• Fred Weintraub, who financed 'Woodstock' and helped discover Bruce Lee, dies at 88
  Obituary from LA Times
• Kpop girl group Mamamoo apologize after performing 'Uptown Funk' in blackface
  Post from NME
• Net neutrality worth saving, say 170 groups in open letter
  Post from CNET
• Breaking metal bands in 2017
  Post from Music Ally
• Max Weinberg talks 43 years with Bruce Springsteen, health scares
  Interview from Rolling Stone

Thursday, March 9

• 25 songs that tell us where music is going
  Feature from NY Times Magazine
• The show can't go on without her
  Post from MTV News
• Australian Music Prize: AB Original become first Indigenous act to win $30,000 award
  Post from The Guardian
• The gatekeepers that control the placement of music in commercials
  Post from Forbes
• New York claims to be the center of the music industry universe
  Post from NY Post
• 10 must-see Latin acts at SXSW
  Post from Billboard

Friday, March 10

• Ed Sheeran 'nearly breaks Spotify' with streaming record
  Post from BBC News
• Music tech is the new music industry
  Post from The Drum
• Find your music tech friends at SXSW
  Post from Music Tectonics
• Remastering the one Beatles live album finally made it great
  Post from Wired
• 7digital to acquire top competitor 24-7 Ent, raise $3.6 million
  Post from Hypebot
• Cam says let music do its job
  Post from CMT
• Culture kings: Migos's miraculous year
  Feature from MTV News
• Rare and unreleased David Bowie albums announced
  Item from Pitchfork