What is currently making news in music? Live music, recorded music, the artists, the businesspeople, the technology, the history and the future of music all have a spot in the Daily Chord. Check out this week's headlines below, and subscribe to the email update for headlines each weekday.
Monday, May 7
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Post Malone's 'Beer Bongs and Bentleys' breaks streaming record, debuts at no. 1
Item from Billboard -
Goldenvoice cancels FYF Fest
Post from Variety -
YouTube is using a new deal with Vevo, the music labels' video venture, to boost ad sales
Post from Recode -
Seven Nation Corny: A check-in on prestige TV's questionable music choices
Post from The Ringer -
I'm not black, I'm Kanye
Essay from The Atlantic -
Country punk pioneer Tony Kinman dead at 63
Obituary from Pitchfork
Tuesday, May 8
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The big music companies are selling big chunks of their Spotify stakes
Story from Recode -
Ticketmaster hopes to speed up event access by scanning your face
Post from Engadget -
"Big data is about to become a very big problem for the music industry"
Post from Music Business Worldwide -
Music Biz marks 60th anniversary amid great change
Story from Billboard -
The 20 hottest music tech startups of 2018 (according to Midemlab)
List from Music Ally -
Music industry organization protests Canadian Music Week panel
Post from Ottawa Citizen
Wednesday, May 9
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Instagram's code reveals upcoming music feature
Post from TechCrunch -
Tidal accused of deliberately faking Kanye Westand Beyoncé streaming numbers
Story from Music Business Worldwide -
How Johannesburg's young black artists are shaping the future they want
Story from Noisey -
Pop's new bilingual moment
Story from Rolling Stone -
Guns N' Roses remove song with homophobic and racist language from reissued album
Item from The Guardian -
5 buzz-building tapes that set the stage for an iconic debut
List from Pitchfork
Thursday, May 10
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Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' and the new shape of protest music
Post from Wired -
Then the censors came for rap music
Post from The Atlantic -
Post Malone and Rae Sremmurd, hip-hop impressionists shaping the stream
Post from NY Times -
Spotify removes R. Kelly music from its playlists as part of new hate content and hateful conduct policy
Post from Billboard -
The 36 richest musicians in Britain
Post from Business Insider -
Iceland's Secret Solstice festival is offering a million-dollar VIP ticket
Post from Uproxx
Friday, May 11
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Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison: A songwriter who found humanity in our flaws
Obituary from The Guardian -
Senate introduces Music Modernization Act
Post from Variety -
A war is brewing between Billboard and YouTube over music charts
Story from Rolling Stone -
America is still afraid of heavy metal
Story from Noisey -
What next for influencer marketing in the music world?
Recap from Music Ally -
Do the saddest songs win Eurovision?
Post from BBC News
