The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, May 12

YouTube is the hot-button music industry topic of the week, as parent company Google defends their practices amid a growing chorus of label criticism. Streaming veteran eMusic announced a reboot, Spotify's origins are reported in a new book, and the iTunes application is coming to the Windows Store at long last. The Daily Chord provides a handful of stories each weekday to save you time and bring you important and interesting stories. Subscribe to our email updates and get the headlines in your inbox.

Monday, May 8

• Lyor Cohen, YouTube's music ambassador, makes his case to the major labels
  Interview from Recode
• Kobalt Music scores $75 million funding round led by Hearst Entertainment
  Post from Variety
• Voice control may be the biggest music leap since hi-fi - and more Collision 2017
  Post from Ars Technica
• FCC chairman's net neutrality fix: 'Clinton-era light touch'
  Post from CNET
• The concert ticket industry is still broken
  Post from Vulture
• The Cosimo sound: New Orleans' role in the birth of rock
  Story from NO Times-Picayune

Tuesday, May 9

• Grammy Awards returning to New York after 15 years away
  Story from NY Times
• Pandora seeks buyer and new board members
  Post from Billboard
• LA punk band X to get 40th anniversary exhibit at the Grammy Museum
  Post from LA Times
• Eurovision Song Contest: Bluff your way through this year's show
  Feature from BBC News
• Here comes the science bit: Why music festivals are going geek
  Post from The Guardian
• Amazon debuts its own concert series in the UK as a perk for Prime members
  Post from TechCrunch

Wednesday, May 10

• Fans to the front: How internet fandoms are gaming the music industry
  Column from Rolling Stone
• eMusic relaunches indie-centric music service
  Post from Billboard
• Sturgill Simpson leads 2017 Americana Music Awards nominations
  Item from The Tennessean
• Norton Records, still rocking, is releasing a lost Dion album
  Story from NY Times
• X Japan's Yoshiki needs urgent surgery after decades of intense drumming
  Post from BBC News
• Robert Miles, trance producer and DJ, has died at 47
  Obituary from The Guardian

Thursday, May 11

• Steven Van Zandt: 'We literally brought down the South African government'
  Interview from The Guardian
• Universal demands cancellation of $30 million deal with Prince estate
  Post from Billboard
• YouTube: friend or foe of the music industry?
  Story from Canadian Musician
• Visual design student reimagines Apple Music with unified artwork, better discovery and more
  Post from MacRumors
• Early Spotify was built on pirated MP3 filles, new book claims
  Post from Gizmodo
• Ticketmaster criticizes Irish secondary ticketing 'media frenzy'
  Post from Pollstar

Friday, May 12

• Jay Z and Live Nation renew touring deal for 10 years
  Story from NY Times
• Epic Records chief L.A. Reid to exit Sony Music
  Post from Variety
• Spotify and - no joke - iTunes are coming to the Windows Store
  Post from Ars Technica
• Google releases study defending YouTube's value to music biz, trade bodies hit back
  Post from Billboard
• Desert Trip will not return in 2017
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Metallica want to be the first band to play in space
  Item from NME