The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, November 2

The Daily Chord reads all the latest news in the music industry and distills it down into 6 links each weekday morning. This week articles about Queen made the rounds as audiences prepared to watch Rami Malek portray Freddie Mercury this weekend, Spotify made lots of headlines – the company reported growth but stayed in the red, proposed expansion deals were reported, and their practices were called into question, Coachella's radius clause drew criticism, and much more. Have you fallen out of the loop? Opt into the daily email blast to catch back up with the ever-changing music biz.

Monday, October 29

• Spotify 'doing a Netflix': Is Daniel Ek's platform already too big for the labels to stop it?
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• What is FLAC? The hi-def MP3 explained
  Post from CNET
• Cola Boyy's disco pop for the revolution
  Interview from The Fader
• How Nick Cave became an arena act in North America
  Story from Billboard
• Tekashi 6ix9ine avoids prison time, sentenced to probation
  Post from Pitchfork
• Fast-rising rockers LANY show how a band thrives in 2018
  Review from LA Times

Tuesday, October 30

• Inside Hip-Hop’s Complicated Mental Health Complex
  Post from XXL
• Ava DuVernay to make Prince documentary for Netflix
  Post from The Guardian
• The Last Format: Streaming Capitalizes on the Utopian Hopes Attached to the Mp3
  Post from Real Life
• Shelved: The Sound of Big Star’s Self-Destruction
  Story from Longreads
• How Now That’s What I Call Music Took Over America
  Interview from Vulture
• 8 pieces of creative advice for musicians, by musicians
  Post from Dazed

Wednesday, October 31

• How Bobby 'Boris' Pickett Turned 'Monster Mash' Into a Graveyard Smash
  Post from Billboard
• The top 20 songs everyone plays on Halloween
  Post from INSIDER
• Spotify creeps on your music and moods to target ads
  Post from The Eyeopener
• Amy Winehouse is going on tour: The dead celebrity hologram industry, explained
  Post from Vox
• The mythical power of streaming playlists: is it more hype than substance?
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Coachella Faces Another Legal Fight Over Its ‘Radius Clause’
  Post from Digital Music News

Thursday, November 1

• Is Spotify Negotiating To Invest In Universal Music?
  Post from Hypebot
• Rock & Roll’s Anxiety of Influence
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Lyor Cohen warns music industry over 'unintended consequences' of Article 13
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Album Sales Boom For Asian Solo Artists
  Post from Grammy News
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Queen
  Profile from The Ringer
• R.I.P. Hardy Fox, primary composer for The Residents
  Obituary from AV Club

Friday, November 2

• Women Artists Lose Out When Algorithms Help Book Events
  Post from Noisey
• Can Kobalt Disrupt the Label Game With AWAL?
  Post from Billboard
• Live Nation Reports Its ‘Best Quarter Ever’
  Item from Variety
• Satoshi Nakamoto Introduced Bitcoin to the World 10 Years Ago
  Post from WIRED
• 7 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Vince Staples, Rosalía, Kelly Moran, More
  List from Pitchfork
• Tomorrowland Customer Data Reportedly Stolen In Paylogic Hack
  Post from Pollstar