The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, October 12

Landmark legislation, a concert promoter headed to prison, and interesting numbers from the IFPI report were among the stories included in the Daily Chord this week. Streamline your surfing with six headlines shared each weekday which survey important and interesting new developments. For the full experience, subscribe to our email blast. Your inbox will thank you.

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Monday, October 8

• Taylor Swift no longer mum on politics after endorsing Democrats in Tennessee midterm races
  Post from CNN
• Spotify vs. Apple Music: Which is the best music service?
  Post from CNET
• Five trends for digital music marketing in 2018
  List from Music Ally
• Azoff Management to buy out MSG's interest in Azoff-MSG Entertainment for $125 million
  Post from Variety
• Visualizing 40 years of music industry sales
  Post from Visual Capitalist
• Katrina McHugh: Pop charts as you've never seen them before
  Story from BBC News

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Tuesday, October 9

• One-third of the world is still pirating music
  Post from Rolling Stone
• John Prine, Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard among 15 acts nominated for Rock Hall of Fame induction
  Item from LA Times
• SoundCloud widens monetization to let paying artists make money
  Post from CNET
• 'Cultural jail': Brexit could bring booming industry to its knees
  Post from The Guardian
• Moog unveils first new polyphonic analog synth in 35 years
  Item from Pitchfork
• The month in ticketing - brokering discussion
  Post from Pollstar

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Wednesday, October 10

• The American Music Awards plays like an exercise in not trying very hard
  Commentary from LA Times
• Here's how indie artists will make money with SoundCloud Premier
  Post from The Verge
• Sky to introduce three-strikes anti-piracy system in Ireland
  Post from Complete Music Update
• IFPI global consumer report quantifies streaming's domination of listening time, but piracy hasn't gone away
  Post from Billboard
• How Iceland Airwaves sets itself apart amid the trendy 'Iceland festival' wave
  Interview from Uproxx
• 10 times Elvis Costello's aim was true
  List from Consequence Of Sound

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Thursday, October 11

• Kanye West, Kid Rock to join Trump today for Music Modernization Act signing
  Item from Hypebot
• Can a quote-unquote band drag rock into the future? The 1975 is trying its hardest.
  Profile from NY Times
• Spotify at ten: Men dominate streaming service's most-played artists
  Post from The Guardian
• Creators to benefit from music recognition technology in nightclubs
  Post from M Magazine
• Sex, drugs and nights alone: Inside the dating lives of touring musicians
  Post from Refinery 29
• Fat Tony is good for your health
  Interview from The Fader

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Friday, October 12

• Fyre Festival organizer sentenced to six years in federal prison
  Story from NY Times
• Amy Winehouse hologram to tour worldwide next year
  Post from BBC News
• What does the Music Modernization Act mean for your streaming subscriptions?
  Post from Mashable
• Netflix reveals first unscripted music series
  Post from Variety
• Watch Spoon cover The Clash's 'Clampdown' for Beto O'Rourke
  Item from Spin
• Q's with C3 Presents' Amy Corbin: Metallica, Macca and more at this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival
  Interview from Pollstar