The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, November 9

This week's music news was dominated by the midterm elections and artists' reactions to the races going on around the nation. Additionally, ticketing services got creative with the new business models, Wu-Tang dropped a documentary, pop cemented its multi-culturalism as well as its morose outlook, and much more. Feeling out of the loop? Get back in the know by subscribing the Daily Chord and we'll do our part by sending you six industry-relevant articles each weekday.

Monday, November 5

• A Music Industry Guide to the Midterm Elections
  Guide from Billboard
• The Spectacular Existential Crisis of Pandora
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Sound of magic: Imogen Heap on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's music
  Post from The Guardian
• Spotify For Artists Has Plan To Charge For Some Services, says CEO Daniel Ek
  Item from hypebot
• Jack Antonoff and the Unrelenting Shadow of the Male Producer
  Post from The Muse
• Universal becomes first major to license Africa's biggest streaming platform, Boomplay
  Post from Music Business Worldwide

Tuesday, November 6

• Pop’s Embrace of Languages Besides English Feels Here to Stay
  Post from Noisey
• The Failed MP3 Player That Changed the Music Industry Forever
  Post from Consequence of Sound
• 'League of Legends' Unveils Virtual K-Pop Girl Group K/DA & Looks to Future of Music in Esports
  Post from Billboard
• Roy Hargrove, Trumpeter Who Gave Jazz a Jolt of Youth, Dies at 49
  Obituary from New York Times
• 24 Musicians on Why They’re Voting in the 2018 Midterm Elections
  List from Pitchfork
• Amazon Music Reveals Another Voice-Enabled Trick: Alexa-Powered New Release Notifications
  Post from Digital Music News

Wednesday, November 7

• India's JioMusic to rebrand as JioSaavn after $1bn merger
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Hip-hop's iconic images and the stories behind them – in pictures
  Gallery from The Guardian
• There's Something About The Marías
  Interview from Noisey
• Wu-Tang Clan Announce New Documentary, Release Trailer
  Post from Spin
• What Does Music Have To Gain From The Future Of Transportation? More Than You Might Think
  Post from Forbes
• 2018 is the year of the compassionate break-up banger
  Post from NME

Thursday, November 8

• Spotify launches Publishing Analytics platform in Beta
  Item from Music Business Worldwide
• Guitar Center Was Once on a Precipice. Now It’s Growing Faster Than Ever
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Are We Having Fun Yet? On Pop’s Morose New Normal
  Feature from Pitchfork
• Blue Wave or Not, the Midterms Are Good for Music
  Post from Billboard
• Missy Elliott's Historic Songwriters Nomination
  Post from Grammy News
• Deep Inside the Beatles’ White Album, 50 Years Later
  Post from New York Times

Friday, November 9

• Steve Stoute’s Music Startup Gets a Boost From the NBA
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Country Music Will Talk About the Hurt, but Not the Politics
  Post from New York Times
• 'Fake band' Threatin just played a UK tour to... absolutely no-one
  Story from NME
• Netflix & Warner Bros. Records Bet on Unscripted Music Reality Show 'Westside'
  Post from Billboard
• In Praise of the "Power Rangers Robot of Indie Music"
  Post from The Ringer
• Eventbrite launches new music-centric ticketing service
  Post from Complete Music Update