{"id":1653,"date":"2017-07-14T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/07\/14\/the-daily-chord-weekly-recap-friday-july-14\/"},"modified":"2017-07-14T17:00:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T17:00:56","slug":"the-daily-chord-weekly-recap-friday-july-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/07\/14\/the-daily-chord-weekly-recap-friday-july-14\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Chord Weekly Recap \u2013 Friday, July 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Daily-Chord-website-key-art-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23875\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spotify is the focus of two big stories this week. They announced a deal with Sony, which paves the way for an IPO and they responded to the controversy surrounding &#8216;fake artists&#8217; on their playlists. In other links, we learned about the musical friends of Donald Trump Jr. and we did not chart on the top 50 moneymakers in music list. Join the moguls and the rabble-rousers and <a href=\"\/newsletters\/#dailychord\">subscribe<\/a> to the Daily Chord email blast for a music news morning update each weekday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Monday, July 10<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Green Day issue statement about Mad Cool festival death<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from Stereogum\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Spotify on non-existent artist allegations:&#8217;We do not and have never created fake artists&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from Billboard\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>New research estimates value of removing DRM locks<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from EFF\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>UK music industry gets boost from 12% rise in audiences at live events<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from The Guardian\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Crackdown chills Hong Kong&#8217;s indie music scene<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Story from NY Times\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>The secrets of a hit summer song<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from BBC News\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Tuesday, July 11<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Spotify reaches deal with Sony Music: Sources<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from Billboard\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Why the music industry needs computer coders<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Guest post from Hypebot\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>MTV News, Chance The Rapper and a defense of negative criticism<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from New Yorker\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Does music played in a metadata void actually make a sound?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from Newmusicbox\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Subcultures will never die, they&#8217;re just different now<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from Noisey\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Google search now casually highlights &#8216;best torrent sites&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from The Verge\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Wednesday, July 12<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Is the threat of a copyright lawsuit stifling music?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from BBC News\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Spotify is accused of creating fake artists &#8211; but what is a fake artist?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from NPR\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>The unfinished work of Alan Lomax&#8217;s global jukebox<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Story from NY Times\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Rob Goldstone: The music publicist mixed up in Trump-Russia saga<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from USA Today\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Who is the Russian pop star linked to Donald Trump Jr.? His bland music offers few clues<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from LA Times\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Making a serious case for prog rock<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Interview from Pitchfork\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Thursday, July 13<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong><a>What&#8217;s really going on with Spotify&#8217;s fake artist controversy<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from The Verge\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>SoundCloud sinks as leaks say layoffs buy little time<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from TechCrunch\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Radiohead releases a surprise ZX Spectrum program for OK Computer anniversary<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from Ars Technica\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>The night disco died<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Book excerpt from Chicago Magazine\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Revolutionary music, from rousing to mindless<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from The Economist\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Remember when Martin Shkreli bought that single-copy Wu-Tang Clan album?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Book excerpt from Wired\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Friday, July 14<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Billboard&#8217;s top 50 money makers of 2016<\/a><\/strong><br \/>List from Billboard\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>A deal to acquire concert tracker Pollstar is raising eyebrows<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from NY Post\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>2 Live Crew rapper &#8216;Fresh Kid Ice&#8217; dies<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Obituary from CNN\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Prince estate&#8217;s $31 million distribution deal is rescinded<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from NY Times\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Ariana Grande made honorary citizen of Manchester<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from The Guardian\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong><a>Net neutrality supporters send the FCC 2 million comments<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Post from CNET\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\/music\/2017\/daily-chord-weekly-recap-friday-july-14\/\">The Daily Chord Weekly Recap \u2013 Friday, July 14<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\">SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: SxSW Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify is the focus of two big stories this week. 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