The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, July 19

This week in music news, mid-year touring and music-streaming numbers look good, writers examined streaming strategy and ticket resellers were stymied in the US and UK. The Daily Chord linked to these stories as well as any Kinks reunion story in last two decades. Join the email list for an old-fashioned notification when we update.

Monday, July 15

• Steady as she goes: 2019 mid-year business analysis
  Post from Pollstar
• Why Saudi Arabia wants high-profile pop stars
  Story from BBC News
• Music streaming service Roxi plans to go public later this year
  Item from Music Ally
• Sufjan Stevens and the curious case of the missing 48 states
  Essay from The Ringer
• Ticket resellers settle New York charges over inflated concert ticket prices
  Post from Reuters
• 'Gully Life' film shines a light on India's fast-rising hip-hop scene
  Post from Variety

Tuesday, July 16

• US music streaming revenue tops $8 billion, up 33%
  Post from Hypebot
• 'The Orchard is a totally unique proposition in the music business' - Colleen Theis
  Interview from Music Business Worldwide
• After two weeks, A$AP Rocky is still detained in Sweden
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Missy Elliot: The legend returns
  Profile from Marie Claire
• Before & after 'The B-52s'
  Feature from NY Times
• Norwich band Sink Ya Teeth step in to headline Pohoda festival
  Post from BBC News

Wednesday, July 17

• The space race forged immortal rock and roll guitars
  Post from Mashable
• 'An endless fiasco': Indie retailers describe worsening breakdown in getting CDs, vinyl delivered to record stores
  Story from Billboard
• Three ways to make streaming music more user-friendly
  Column from Pitchfork
• Sillerman settles with SEC for $179K for fraud charges, given permanent ban
  Post from Pollstar
• Johnny Clegg, South African singer who battled apartheid with music, is dead at 66
  Obituary from NY Times
• The number ones: Freddy Fender's 'Before The Next Teardrop Falls'
  Column from Stereogum

Thursday, July 18

• Google suspends ticket site Viagogo from advertising
  Post from BBC News
• YouTube cracks down on stream-ripping sites that pirate music
  Post from CNET
• Five times Spotify has u-turned on its content strategy
  Column from Rolling Stone
• 10 essential post-punk albums from 2019 (so far)
  List from Paste
• Universal Music files motion to dismiss lawsuit from artists claiming fire damage
  Story from Variety
• The Kinks reunion: Ray and Dave Davies recording new songs for possible album
  Post from The Independent

Friday, July 19

• Sony's music recording and music publishing companies are now one
  Post from Rolling Stone
• iHeartMedia stock drops in NASDAQ debut
  Post from Variety
• Inside Cole Bennett's Lyrical Lemonade empire
  Profile from Complex
• Filter cancel reunion after PledgeMusic fiasco
  Item from Hypebot
• The making of Minnie Ripperton's 1974 masterpiece 'Perfect Angel'
  Interview from Okayplayer
• The weirder the better: Buzz Osbourne of The Melvins' 13 favorite records
  List from The Quietus