The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, March 1

Speed up the time you spend surfing for music news with the Daily Chord, SXSW's weekday aggregation service which picks the top stories. This week, De La Soul's catalog was a hot topic, as was the RIAA's 2018 report and Spotify's beef with Warner over their launch in India. Prepare yourself for the month ahead by subscribing to our email newsletter, and we'll send you the headlines directly.

Monday, February 25

• Spotify slams Warner's 'abusive behavior' in ugly India fallout, accuses major of reneging on agreed deal
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• MyMusicTokens keeps tabs on blockchain-music startups
  Post from Music Ally
• Music festivals in Australia have become a hot political issue
  Post from Rolling Stone
• "They've got him!": The emotional scene at the R. Kelly hearings
  Post from The New Yorker
• Peter Frampton reveals rare muscular disease is why his next tour will be his last
  Story from CBS News
• What happened to the music visualizer?
  Post from Digg

Tuesday, February 26

• Music's big three labels make $19 million a day from streaming
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Spotify vs. Warner: What's really going on?
  Analysis from Music Business Worldwide
• Debunking 'Green Book': Jazz greats on what it was really like to tour during Jim Crow
  Feature from Pitchfork
• From Lady Gaga to Queen, why music swept this year's Oscars
  Post from Variety
• Eminem albums from worst to best
  List from Stereogum
• Mark Hollis: Reluctant pop star who redefined rock
  Appreciation from The Guardian

Wednesday, February 27

• Universal Music CEO to artists: Fine-tune your lyrics for smart speakers
  Post from CNET
• Spotify goes live in India for some
  Post from Variety
• Nicki Minaj does not want to pay Tracy Chapman for sampling 'Baby Can I Hold You'
  Post from Spin
• De La Soul's '3 Feet High And Rising' is being reissued for its 30th anniversary
  Post from Uproxx
• Facebook's Patreon competitor is a bad deal for creators
  Analysis from The Verge
• Wu-Tang Clan to play Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
  Item from Tennessean

Thursday, February 28

• RIAA elects nine new members to board of directors
  Post from Billboard
• TikTok to pay $5.7M in FTC settlement over children's privacy
  Post from CNET
• De La Soul claim they'll get just 10% of streaming revenue from classic albums
  Post from Variety
• For Taylor Swift, pop is personal
  Essay from Elle
• Here are your 2018/19 Austin Music Award winners
  List from Austin Chronicle
• Women on country radio: CRS 2019 sends mixed messages
  Post from Rolling Stone

Friday, March 1

• Paid subscriptions to music services hit new high of 50 mlliion in 2018, RIAA report says
  Post from LA Times
• De La Soul's digital album releases postponed by Tommy Boy Music
  Story from Variety
• The best songs of 2019 (so far)
  List from Vulture
• Record Store Day 2019 full list: Robyn, 'Twin Peaks,' Death Grips, Weezer and more
  Post from Pitchfork
• BMI and ASCAP unite for joint letter on consent decree reform
  Post from MusicWeek
• 'Closer To Fine' at 30: The legacy of Indigo Girls' spellbinding singalong
  Story from Stereogum