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Monday, October 23

• Stream-ripping doesn't necessarily constitute ripping off, says EFF
  Post from Complete Music Update
• Apple Music and Spotify will finally matter for the Billboard charts
  Post from BGR
• Trans pioneer Jackie Shane: 'I don't bow down. I do not get down on my knees'
  Story from The Guardian
• AC/DC producer and Easybeats musician George Young dead at 70
  Obituary from Sydney Morning Herald
• All manner of Photoshop evisceration befalls Spoon singer Britt Daniel in new music video
  Post from Gizmodo
• Loretta Lynn, recovering from stroke, makes surprise appearance for Country Hall Of Fame induction
  Post from Billboard

Tuesday, October 24

• SF MusicTech Summit tackles streaming, artist pay and more
  Post from The Bay Bridged
• Pink's 'Beautiful Trauma' bows at no. 1
  Post from Billboard
• 50 underground albums you've never even heard of
  List from The Guardian
• Surviving R. Kelly
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Meet the rock stars bringing YouTube to the stage
  Post from CNET
• Joni Mitchell is pretty much peerless
  Post from Noisey

Wednesday, October 25

• Fats Domino, piano playing prodigy and rock and roll legend, dies at 89: Report
  Obituary from NO Times-Picayune
• 30 things you need to know about Texas music in 2017
  Feature from Texas Monthly
• The music world's reaction to sexual assault needs to keep changing
  Commentary from Pitchfork
• Alice Glass accuses former Crystal Castles bandmate of sexual assault
  Post from The Guardian
• UK rapper Little Simz's me-first globalization
  Post from Wired
• Before there was Bieber, The Monkees' 'Daydream Believer' took the teen world by storm
  Post from Variety

Thursday, October 26

• The life and death of the indie rock heyday
  Post from Vox
• 'Numb the pain with money': How hip-hop turned nihilistic
  Post from The Guardian
• Pharrell Williams named chief creative officer of UK startup Roli
  Item from Variety
• Virtual reality music startup MelodyVR raises $20M, set to expand in US
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Many of the biggest tech companies simply can't compete when it comes to streaming music
  Post from Forbes
• Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis selling over 100 pieces of gear
  Post from Pitchfork

Friday, October 27

• I can go for that: How soft rock finally got cool
  Story from The Guardian
• Ajit Pai submits plan to allow more media consolidation
  Post from Ars Technica
• You can now buy event tickets directly through Facebook with SeatGeek
  Post from The Verge
• Latin music revenue up 44%, payouts still 'despacito'
  Post from Variety
• 11 new companies innovating in the music industry
  Post from Pigeons And Planes
• With dreadlocks, rhythm and flow, China embraces hip-hop
  Story from NY Times