The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 3

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Monday, July 30

• The 200 greatest songs by 21st century women
  Feature from NPR Music
• Inside the EDM tribute act boom
  Story from Rolling Stone
• New study claims Paul McCartney 'misremembers' writing The Beatles song 'In My Life'
  Post from NME
• Please don't jump out of your car and dance to Drake, NTSB pleads
  Item from Engadget
• Sky Ferreira says she was forced to hand over SoundCloud to label
  Post from Pitchfork
• Stem's Zoë Gholson: 'Education and transparency are really important for empowering independent artists'
  Interview from Music Ally

Tuesday, July 31

• Vivendi looks to cash in on music industry's rise from the ashes
  Story from Reuters via NASDAQ
• Sony is cashing in on its big stake in Spotify
  Post from Money CNN
• Are record labels facing an A&R crisis?
  Post from Music Industry Blog
• Sub Pop at 30: Charting the legacy of the Seattle sound
  Story from Seattle Magazine
• Woman sexually assaulted at Foo Fighters concert at Wrigley Field
  Story from Chicago Tribune
• AI bot writes a pretty darn believable Taylor Swift song
  Post from CNET

Wednesday, August 1

• After top executive leaves, Billboard confronts its internal culture
  Story from NY Times
• How Amazon's Twitch.tv cheats music creators
  Post from Forbes
• Music exec Ray Cooper, who boosted careers of U2, Spice Girls, dies at 69
  Obituary from LA Times
• 'A Brexited flatland': Peter Gabriel hits out after Womad stars refused entry to UK
  Story from The Guardian
• Sweet leaf: Marijuana begins its legitimate entrance into the music industry
  Story from Pollstar
• Devo on how 'Whip It' changed their lives, meeting the Rolling Stones
  Interview from Rolling Stone

Thursday, August 2

• Sen. Alexander, still bullish on Music Modernization Act, calls on artists to sound off
  Story from The Tennessean
• Easier streaming services put dent in illegal downloading
  Post from BBC News
• A rock band flirts with German taboos, and finds a huge following
  Story from NY Times
• Lollapalooza, Warped Tour and the fall of the American touring festival
  Post from Consequence Of Sound
• All the new albums coming out in August 2018
  List from Uproxx
• The IDM list gave intelligent dance music its name and geeky legacy
  Post from Noisey

Friday, August 3

• Songwriter groups reach compromise with SESAC, Harry Fox over Music Modernization Act
  Post from Billboard
• A family's 400-year-old musical secret still rings true
  Story from NY Times
• EA issues apology after removing Kaepernick's name from song in Madden 19
  Post from Ars Technica
• The popular Musical.ly app has been rebranded as TikTok
  Post from The Verge
• Warner Music Group acquires Uproxx
  Item from TechCrunch
• A woman's place is at the soundboard: Women's Audio Mission works to change the industry of music
  Post from The Undefeated