• Obama picks RIAA’s favorite lawyer for a top Justice post
  Story from CNET.
• Selling music at Tupperware party-like events
  Story from Billboard via Yahoo.
• RI judge hears arguments in music downloading case
  Story from AP.
• Analysis of Apple’s deal for DRM-free downloads and variable pricing
  Post from Wired.
• Stonehenge was a giant concert venue
  Story from The Telegraph.
• Gigaholics anonymous
  Story from Philadelphia Weekly.
• Norwegian Beatles podcast pulled
  Story from BBC News.

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Posted: January 7th, 2009 under Daily Chord.
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• Ron Asheton dies
  Obituary from Ann Arbor News.
• Revived 45 heads for 60th birthday
  Story from BBC News.
• Music biz easing anti-piracy tactics
  Story from Billboard via Reuters.
• Musebin: The future of music reivews?
  Post from LA Times blog.
• Report: Apple to expand DRM-free content, offer variable pricing
  Story from CNET.

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Posted: January 6th, 2009 under Daily Chord.
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• Lil Wayne tops album sales in 2008
  Story from Billboard.
• Fleet Foxes win vinyl art prize
  Story from BBC News.
• Songs from the heart of a marketing plan
  Story from NY Times. (site reg req’d)
• Teaching A&R
  Post from LA Times blog.
• Learning from Prince
  Post from LA Times blog.
• RIAA ditches MediaSentry
  Story from Wall Street Journal.
• Freddie Hubbard dies
  Obituary from Wall Street Journal.
• Delaney Bramlett dies
  Obituary from AP.
• Eartha Kitt dies
  Obituary from Billboard.

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Posted: January 5th, 2009 under Daily Chord.
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The Daily Chord is off to venture over the river and through the woods for the holidays. We’ll make our way back to this little corner of the interwebs on Monday January 5, 2009. See you next year.

• Matisyahu deploys the only mirrored rotating dreidel in showbiz
  Review from NY Times. (site reg req’d)
• Tapulous gives artists new spotlight
  Story from NY Times. (site reg req’d)
• Pakistani all-girl band draws notice
  Story from BBC News.
• Finding rare songs on YouTube
  Story from CNET.
• Warren Haynes’ Christmas bash benefits Asheville
  Story from CNN.
• Sources: YouTube, not Warner Music, pulled videos
  Post from CNET.
• Analysis: RIAA strategy shift looks legally murky
  Commentary from Wired.
• Musicians feel auto crunch
  Story from Windsor Star.

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Posted: December 23rd, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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• Warner pulls videos from YouTube
  Story from Reuters.
• ‘Long Tail’ theory contradicted by sales data
  Story from Times Online.
• Sony BMG pacts with Project Playlist
  Post from CNET.
• MySpace bans Project Playlist, Facebook defies RIAA request
  Post from Wired.
• Game revenue for musicians detailed
  Story from AP.
• LaBelle reunite at the Apollo
  Review from NY Times. (site reg req’d)
• ‘Drunk’ Lennon tape sells in LA
  Story from BBC News.

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Posted: December 22nd, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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• RIAA drops mass lawsuits in strategic shift
  Story from Wall Street Journal.
• Ann Powers sums up the year
  Story from LA Times. (site reg req’d)
• Chet Flippo’s best of the year via Nashville
  Column from CMT News.
• U2 record set for March release
  Story from BBC News.
• Donald Trump digs Neil Young
  Item from Rolling Stone.
• Indies: Synch or swim?
  Story from Billboard.biz.

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Posted: December 19th, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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• Digital music track sales surpass one billion
  Post from LA Times blog.
• Apple’s blind-side hit on IDG
  Story from CNET.
• Blue Xmas for music retailers
  Story from Billboard via Reuters.
• McCready hospitalized after suicide attempt
  Story from AP.
• Morrissey inks with Lost Highway
  Story from Billboard.
• U2 sale of Live Nation stock noted
  Story from Wall Street Journal.
• What’s doing with Q
  Story from CNN.

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Posted: December 18th, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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• NY Governor proposes tax on music downloads
  Story from Newsday.
• Taylor Swift back on top of album sales
  Chart watch from Billboard.
• Heart of gold, car of biodiesel
  Review from NY Times. (site reg req’d)
• Robyn Hitchcock on “Rachel Getting Married”
  Post from LA Times blog.
• Davey Graham dies
  Obituary from BBC News.
• EMI wades into music retail with web store
  Story from CNET.
• Eno scoring “The Lovely Bones”
  Post from The Playlist.

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Posted: December 17th, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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• Judge postpones hearing in key RIAA lawsuit
  Story from CNET.
• In defense of bad singing
  Post from LA Times blog.
• Three versions of ‘Hallelujah’ to chart in UK
  Story from BBC News.
• Top five disruptive music-making technologies
  Post from Wired.
• LA man pleads guilty in Guns N’ Roses piracy
  Story from Reuters.
• Jazz fest announces big names
  Story from Billboard.

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Posted: December 16th, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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• People meter usage changes radio programming
  Story from LA Times. (site reg req’d)
• Auto-Tune and teenage girls at the Jingle Ball
  Review from NY Times. (site reg req’d)
• Piracy battle is nothing new for musicians
  Story from New Statesman.
• Paul says he’s the political Beatle
  Story from The Guardian.
• Metallica and Pearl Jam confirm game deals
  Story from Billboard.
• 60s sounds were influenced by Arab traditional music
  Story from Alternet.

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Posted: December 15th, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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