The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, September 30

Wave goodbye to September with this week's top music stories in The Daily Chord. YouTube hired Lyor Cohen to head their music initiatives in a bid to ease escalating tensions with labels. Karaoke-style app Musical.ly is being noticed by adults, and we noted new companies Deepgram and Dash Music. Music in autonomous cars is another new phenomenon to ponder.

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Monday, September 26

• Wenner to sell 49% of Rolling Stone to Singapore's BandLab
  Post from Bloomberg
• Drake's 'Views' returns to no. 1 on Billboard 200 chart for 13th week
  Post from Billboard
• Stanley Dural Jr., founder of Buckwheat Zydeco, dies at 68
  Obituary from NY Times
• Country Music Hall Of Famer Jean Shepard dead at 82
  Obituary from The Tennessean
• Leonardo DiCaprio and Sharon Jones confirmed for Obama's first festival
  Post from The Guardian
• A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘The Low End Theory’ - 10 things you didn’t know
  List from Rolling Stone

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Tuesday, September 27

• Major labels sue YouTube ripping site
  Story from BBC News
• Launching a 'Google for sound,' Deepgram raises $1.8 million
  Post from TechCrunch
• Rdio's bankruptcy: Inside a failing music streaming service
  Story from Billboard
• Spotify rolls out Daily Mixes - auto-generated playlists made up of songs you already like
  Post from Recode
• Dash Radio launches a filter that lets you toggle between clean and explicit music
  Post from The Verge
• The battle over a rock fest that Joshua Tree locals say will rattle wildlife and the desert town's chill vibe
  Story from LA Times

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Wednesday, September 28

• Elvis Costello's New York soul
  Profile from NY Times
• Could the future of Americana be...British?
  Story from The Guardian
• Drone to the face doesn't stop Bone Thugs-n-Harmony show
  Post from SF Gate
• Google Play Music is now available in India
  Post from TechCrunch
• Amazon's plans to infiltrate homes this holiday: Music via Echo
  Story from Chicago Tribune
• 41 tips for women starting out in the music business
  Post from PIAS

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Thursday, September 29

• YouTube hires music executive as a liaison to the industry
  Story from NY Times
• Teen-focused app musical.ly is the music industry's new secret weapon
  Story from Vice
• Where do record labels stand in music's 'streaming wars'?
  Post from The Independent
• We were stealing music way before the internet and millennials
  Post from Engadget
• The Spotify and SoundCloud deal may not happen, but it makes plenty of sense
  Post from Recode
• The taxonomy of tech holdouts
  Post from The Ringer

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Friday, September 30

• Lady Gaga to headline Super Bowl halftime show
  Item from BBC News
• 5 reasons why the music industry should care about autonomous vehicles
  Post from Forbes
• Get rich or try dying - how musicians' estates are the biggest earners in pop
  Post from The Guardian
• Shazam is finally profitable after a billion downloads
  Post from TechCrunch
• SiriusXM launches music talk radio channel
  Post from Pitchfork
• With vinyl, the musician Tycho establishes a physical presence
  Story from NY Times

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