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Monday, June 18

• Warner Music to launch new, 60-person record company, Elektra Music Group
  Post from Billboard
• Beyoncé and Jay Z: The state of the union is strong
  Review from NY Times
• New statistics reveal the extent of sexual harassment and assault at music festivals
  Post from NME
• Why is the music industry still protecting R. Kelly?
  Post from Rolling Stone
• This simple robot offers more cowbell
  Post from TechCrunch
• Dear cool dads and moms: Stop bringing your young children to concerts
  Post from Uproxx

Tuesday, June 19

• XXXTentacion, rising rapper accused of violence, shot dead at 20
  Obituary from NY Times
• The A-Z of K-Pop: Know your sasaengs from your monster rookies
  Post from The Guardian
• Robert Smith's Meltdown announce 'Mental Health in the Music Industry' event to replace Frightened Rabbit show
  Post from NME
• YouTube Music and YouTube Premium officially launch in US, Canada, UK and other countries
  Post from The Verge
• Pittsburgh rapper Jimmy Wopo dies in drive-by shooting in Hill District
  Report from Pittsburgh Tribune
• Dr. Dre is making a movie about Marvin Gaye
  Post from Variety

Wednesday, June 20

• Thousands of Foo Fighters fans stuck outside Manchester show after their tickets were rejected
  Post from NME
• Best albums of 2018 so far
  List from The Guardian
• How Tidal got so fucked
  Post from Gizmodo
• Take a look at him now: The many lives of Phil Collins
  Post from The Ringer
• An ode to late nights on LimeWire
  Post from Noisey
• AEG calls for dismissal of radius clause suit
  Post from Pollstar

Thursday, June 21

• Paul McCartney on new album 'Egypt Station'
  Interview from DIY Mag
• 'It was 11 guys on the bus, and then me': Women on the Warped Tour
  Story from NY Times
• How smart speaker maker Sonos plans to take on Apple, Google and Amazon
  Post from Variety
• Inside an alleged abusive emo 'sex cult': 'None of these poor girls could say no'
  Story from The Daily Beast
• Music's fentanyl crisis: Inside the drug that killed Prince and Tom Petty
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Tour manager recalls 'brilliant wreck' of Ryan Adams and Whiskeytown
  Review from Houston Press

Friday, June 22

• The war against rap: Censoring drill may seem radical but it's not new
  Post from The Guardian
• GarageBand lessons are now free for aspiring musicians
  Post from Engadget
• 3LAU is helping launch the first blockchain-powered music festival
  Post from Forbes
• Musicians rally support for migrant families detained and separated the border
  Post from Pitchfork
• Streaming audio service TuneIn mulls sale
  Item from Music Business Worldwide
• In the capital of electronic music, women rule the scene
  Story from NY Times