The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, March 2

Spotify is going public, Live Nation posted record profits, and music copyright reform is coming before Congress. The Daily Chord shared all of these stories this week. There's no better daily update on the world of music from business developments to critical commentary to technological upheaval. Join our email list for the first look at our posts.

Monday, February 26

• The big push to reform music copyright for the digital age
  Post from Forbes
• Music festivals pledge 50/50 gender equality
  Post from BBC News
• How St. Vincent, Pearl Jam, and Kanye West reward obsessive fandom
  Post from Uproxx
• Sony Music chairman Doug Morris secures funding to launch new label
  Post from Billboard
• How Bittorrent spurred the streaming revolution
  Post from Wired
• Twitter's $70 million investment in SoundCloud is officially wiped out
  Post from Recode

Tuesday, February 27

• How bands are escaping the music industry snake pit
  Post from BBC News
• Madonna and Grimes lay bare cost of creative freedom for female artists
  Post from The Guardian
• A juggalo's Three 6 Mafia torrenting gave a bar 500 copyright violations
  Post from Noisey
• The story of Coldplay and their managers
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Ed Sheeran named best-selling global recording artist of 2017
  Post from Variety
• The Crystals singer Barbara Ann Alston dead at 74
  Obituary from Rolling Stone

Wednesday, February 28

• Here's who owns everything in big media today
  Post from Recode
• Live Nation reports a record 2017 in year-end results
  Post from Variety
• John Zorn's club The Stone begins a new life on the other side of town
  Story from NY Times
• Meet the band whose house is a hit factory
  Interview from BBC News
• I'm with the band: Meet the pitiful proteges of pop music patrons
  Story from The Guardian
• Car Seat Headrest tells fans to 'chill the fuck out' as subreddit is shut down
  Post from NME

Thursday, March 1

• Spotify files to go public on the New York Stock Exchange
  Story from NY Times
• Everyone wants to build a giant consumer subscription business. Spotify already has one.
  Post from Recode
• Fanny Walked The Earth reunites trail-blazing female rock band
  Story from LA Times
• Paste Music and Daytrotter made a free app for live music lovers
  Post from Engadget
• Little Steven plots tour for music curriculum initiative
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Why listening to local music matters
  Post from Washington Post

Friday, March 2

• Is the internet actually benefiting the music industry?
  Analysis from New Statesman
• Google launched a simple browser-based sequencer for making music
  Post from The Verge
• After four years of hard work, SZA's debut album brought her worldwide acclaim. She thinks she can do better.
  Profile from The Fader
• Bon Iver, Frank Ocean and... Shania Twain? Here are the most influential artists in music today
  Post from The Guardian
• Habibi funk: The label dedicated to reissuing stereotype-busting sounds from the Arab world
  Story from The Independent
• The Oscars and pop music have fallen out of touch
  Column from Stereogum