The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, October 5

We're one week into October, and the Daily Chord included big news about Tencent's IPO and speculation about a merger between SiriusXM and Live Nation. The Chord also keeps tabs on music/tech mashups, notable new artists, significant obituaries, and oral histories. Stories are added each weekday morning - don't forget to subscribe to our popular and attractive email update for an enhanced inbox experience.

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Monday, October 1

• The war over music copyrights
  Post from TechCrunch
• Led Zeppelin 'Stairway To Heaven' case goes back to trial
  Post from NY Times
• Otis Rush, a founder of Chicago's West Side blues sound, dead at 84
  Obituary from Chicago Tribune
• Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin dies at 76
  Obituary from SF Chronicle
• Singer Charles Aznavour dies at 94
  Obituary from BBC News
• 50 great tracks for October from Noname, Julia Holter, Objekt, and more
  List from The Guardian

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Tuesday, October 2

• A year after Route 91, new vigilance at events
  Post from Pollstar
• Ticketmaster hit with class-action lawsuit for allegedly encouraging scalpers
  Post from The Hollywood Reporter
• Sigur Rós drummer Ori Páll Dyrason quits band amid rape claim
  Post from BBC News
• Bittorrent suddenly rising in traffic share thanks to streaming fragmentation
  Guest post from Hypebot
• Village Voice RIP - Freaky freelancing tales
  Post from Perfect Sound Forever
• People tell us the song they've played the most in 2018
  Post from Noisey

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Wednesday, October 3

• Tencent Music, China's largest streaming service with 800M users, files for US IPO
  Post from TechCrunch
• Will Live Nation and SiriusXM become a single music behemoth?
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Kidz Bop's 'censored' songs aren't just annoying - they're problematic
  Post from Vox
• How Lady Gaga's fans are using Twitter to bend reality
  Post from The Verge
• No longer singing, Linda Ronstadt's latest tour is a conversation with the audience
  Post from LA Times
• Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick dies age 72
  Obituary from The Guardian

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Thursday, October 4

• TheBasement seeks to reinvigorate artist development
  Story from LA Times
• Tencent Music uses 'tipping' to rack up revenues. Why aren't Western music streaming platforms doing the same?
  Story from Music Business Worldwide
• London's radio pirates changed music. Then came the internet.
  Story from NY Times
• Spotify's request to throw out multimillion-dollar lawsuit denied by Federal judge
  Item from Billboard
• The Kinks' Dave Davies: People didn't get 'Village Green Preservation Society'
  Interview from The Independent
• Sen Morimoto makes crowded songs all by himself
  Profile from Chicago Reader

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Friday, October 5

• A new California law requires at least one woman on corporate boards. How does the music industry stack up?
  Story from Billboard
• Kate Bush reissuing entire catalog on vinyl
  Item from Pitchfork
• Content for humans about the content of humans
  Story from NY Times
• Music is the secret weapon of Mario speedrunners
  Post from Kotaku
• What ever happened to Aqua Fest?
  Post from KUT
• We should be hopeful about metal's future
  Column from Noisey