The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, May 3

This week, the prospects for Woodstock 50 got muddier, Spotify marked a milestone, and we fell down a rabbit hole listening to The Cramps. The Daily Chord documents these and many other stories with musical subjects, and our readers get a unique overview of what's new and interesting each weekday. Shoot us your email and we'll send you the headlines.

Monday, April 29

• Music industry takes aim at Fortnite over song royalties
  Post from The Guardian
• Spotify shares jump after it hits 100 million paid subscribers for its premium service
  Post from CNBC
• TDE's patience with their artists has fostered an era-defining catalog
  Story from Uproxx
• How Bikini Kill got back together
  Feature from Pitchfork
• 'The music industry's in for a really interesting 10 years...'
  Interview from Music Business Worldwide
• Billie Eilish returns to no. 1
  Column from Billboard

Tuesday, April 30

• Twitter unveils new partnerships with Live Nation and MTV
  Item from Music Week
• Woodstock 50's backer says the festival is off. Its promoter is holding out hope.
  Post from NY Times
• Music royalties reach record high but songwriters 'on minimum wage'
  Post from BBC News
• 'Everyone's feeling lost': Despair as Britain's gig venues fight to survive
  Post from The Guardian
• From a Pandora musicologist, 'Why You Like It' sorts music fans into dull stereotypes
  Review from AV Club
• Hundreds of musicians partner with Jack Johnson's BYOBottle campaign to green the music industry
  Post from The Inertia

Wednesday, May 1

• 50 States Of Music site highlights music's US economic impact
  Item from Music Ally
• A radical solution to Spotify's biggest problems - and the record industry woes
  Column from Rolling Stone
• The big dreams and big themes of Big Thief
  Profile from The Ringer
• All the best rap albums of April 2019
  List from Uproxx
• The 20 best rock songs right now
  List from The Fader
• Russ Gibb, Detroit rock visionary, schoolteacher and 'Paul Is Dead' prankster, dies at 87
  Obituary from Detroit Free Press

Thursday, May 2

• A woman's place is on the road: Breaking the glass ceiling with touring
  Story from Pollstar
• iHeart Media completes restructuring process, cuts debt to $5.8BN
  Story from Music Business Worldwide
• Which is the world's most musical city?
  Post from The Guardian
• Will TikTok stars ever make money?
  Post from BBC Capital
• The guide to getting into The Cramps, garage rock's true freaks
  Post from Vice
• RAC and Goldroom launch a blockchain record label
  Item from Music Ally

Friday, May 3

• Deep Purple accountant jailed for six years for stealing $2 million from the band
  Post from NME
• The 12 biggest independent labels in the US
  Chart from Hypebot
• SiriusXM lays off 60 after completion of Pandora acquisition
  Post from Variety
• How streaming services are changing the way music is made
  Post from Quartz
• Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world
  Review from Chicago Reader
• The Cure's 10 best deep cuts
  List from Consequence Of Sound