The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 30

In this week's Daily Chord posts, the MTV VMAs were doled out amid fanfare, the extent of rap's leaking problem was examined, and senators called for an investigation into the ticketing market. Keep current with music news by bookmarking and reading the Chord each weekday. Sign up for our email blast and we'll stick the headlines in your inbox.

Monday, August 26

• Spotify, Netflix should worry about a global recession
  Post from Hypebot
• Pop is crushing hip-hop in 2019, according to hit song study
  Post from Variety
• The survival of Iggy Pop
  Profile from The New Yorker
• Kid Karate on their music, American food portions and the Dublin punk scene
  Interview from Vice
• David Byrne announces new online magazine 'Reasons To Be Cheerful'
  Item from Pitchfork
• Toymaker Hasbro now owns Death Row Records and Twitter has suggestions
  Post from Mashable

Tuesday, August 27

• 2019 MTV VMA winners: See the full list
  List from MTV
• A secret ingredient in songs of summer
  Story from NY Times
• Watchdog probes Tencent's grip on China's giant music industry
  Post from Bloomberg
• The ultimate list of work and study music
  List from Lifehacker
• Neal Casal, influential guitarist who worked with Willie Nelson, Shooter Jennings, dead at 50
  Obituary from Rolling Stone
• Universal Music refutes claims of last artist in lawsuit over 2008 fire, requests dismissal
  Post from Variety

Wednesday, August 28

• Rap music's unspoken leak crisis
  Feature from The Fader
• VMAs hit all-time ratings low for third straight year
  Post from Hollywood Reporter
• Meek Mill pleads guilty to misdemeanor gun charge, ends 12-year legal case
  Post from NPR
• Documents reveal strange details about canceled Woodstock 50
  Post from Vice
• Will AI revolutionize the way artists make music and find samples? Landr says yes.
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Nick Cave on PJ Harvey breakup: 'I was so surprised I almost dropped my syringe'
  Post from The Guardian

Thursday, August 29

• Senators ask for antitrust probe in ticket pricing
  Post from NY Times
• After Katrina, a priceless music archive was thought lost. It showed up in Torrance
  Story from LA Times
• Why are all the teens on TikTok singing this song from 1926?
  Post from Vulture
• The evolution of hip-hop's video vixen
  Post from Okayplayer
• Ask a lawyer: What's going on with Eminem's Spotify lawsuit?
  Post from Vice
• Donnie Fritts, songwriter, musician and actor, dies at 76
  Obituary from The Tennessean

Friday, August 30

• Sony celebrates 40 years of Walkman in Tokyo
  Post from The Verge
• LiveXLive, Allied Esports partner for competitive gaming, live music events
  Item from Hypebot
• Chinese music industry reacts to Tencent Music investigation
  Post from Billboard
• 'Baby Shark' is being used as a powerful tool to control
  Post from CNN
• Spotify teams with Headie One on Instagram VR
  Item from Music Week
• The new guard of Nigerian musicians
  Post from NY Times Magazine