Transmission: What We're Reading

Here's some of the music-related stuff we've been reading... 

Magnetic Magazine Has YouTube screwed up the music industry or help save it? The jury still seems to be out on that one

The New York Times Apple, in Seeming Jab at Spotify, Proposes Simpler Songwriting Royalties

AUX Warner Music's new move could kill independent record stores

Buzzfeed Inside the Playlist Factory

Noisey The Noisey guide to not being a shithole and making your venue inclusive

Business Insider Young Americans actually pay for music a lot more often than older people

The Music Network 15,000 artists warn EC not to fix the ‘value gap’ in favour of major labels

The Fader How We Can Get Sexist Trolls Out of Electronic Music

The Quietus Will It Even Be Called Music? The Intriguing Future Of Virtual Reality 

Music Business Worldwide How Spotify and Apple Are Winning a Blockbuster War Against YouTube

Thump Depression, Isolation and Drug Addiction: When DJing Becomes a Mental Health Issue

Muso Nomics Music, Data and the Blockchain: A Digital Utopia?

Billboard The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty: What the Dept. of Justice's Decision Means for Music Publishing

The Telegraph Forty years after Blondie found fame on the New York scene, Debbie Harry is still waving the flag for women in the music business 

The Huffington Post 5 Things Marketers Should Consider About Pokemon GO