The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, October 19

This week's good reads in music news include a 'season's end' survey of festival execs, a post on the return of Winamp, and the Beastie Boys recalling the recording of 'Paul's Boutique.' These were three of thirty links offered this week by the Daily Chord, SXSW's music news aggregator. Check the Chord page each weekday morning for new stories, and subscribe to the email update for a handy reminder.

Monday, October 15

• Universal signs multi-year direct licensing agreement with Mixcloud
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry in God's name
  Story from The Fader
• Apple acquires analytics firm that claims it can 'find the next Justin Bieber'
  Post from The Verge
• Need a song for your commercial? Try these campers
  Story from NY Times
• The B-52's "The B-52's"
  Review from Pitchfork
• Inside drummer-author Martin Atkins' punk rock rules on how to break the rules
  Post from Grammy News

Tuesday, October 16

• Winamp returns in 2019 to whip the llama's ass harder than ever
  Post from TechCrunch
• Your local cafe is probably streaming music illegally
  Post from Bloomberg
• Warung: The Brazilian paradise that had to fight for the right to party
  Story from The Guardian
• Did Japan's seedy teen idol business drive this girl to death?
  Story from The Daily Beast
• Best of '88: Run DMC's 'Beats To The Rhyme' was the throwback the world wasn't ready for
  Story from Rolling Stone
• 'A Star Is Born' soundtrack gives Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper a no. 1 album
  Post from NY Times

Wednesday, October 17

• YouTube suffers extended global access problems, outages
  Post from Variety
• Fender study finds half of new guitarists are women
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Shamrock Capital purchases Stargate music catalog
  Item from NY Post
• Zane Lowe knows the industry is changing but he's not scared
  Interview from Noisey
• The story behind Jason Isbell's new live album
  Story from AL.com
• The making (and unmaking) of 'Paul's Boutique'
  Excerpt from Vulture

Thursday, October 18

• Fortnite is a video game phenomenon. The music business could learn a lot from its success
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Festival industry survey: Charles Attal, Ashley Capps, Jennifer Justice, John Reese and more weigh in on the changing festival market
  Interviews from Pollstar
• Rules for success for blockchain music entrepreneurs
  Guest post from Hypebot
• Meet Chai, the eclectic Japanese rock band redefining what it means to be cute
  Interview from Pitchfork
• Fembots, dancing queens, and love fools: 60 minutes of Swedish pop
  Post from AV Club
• Spotify Premium gets personalized artist radio stations and better search
  Post from The Verge

Friday, October 19

• 40 under 40: Music's top young power players of 2018
  List from Billboard
• Colin Kaepernick: Rihanna 'declined Super Bowl invitation in support of quarterback'
  Item from BBC News
• Body-positive rapper Lizzo: 'My job is to emote and communicate and bop'
  Interview from The Guardian
• DJs will soon be able to mix songs streaming from SoundCloud
  Post from The Verge
• Ticketmaster buys a blockchain company to guard against ticket fraud
  Post from Engadget
• YouTube's music videos now sell you concert tickets
  Post from Rolling Stone