Under Fire: Recording Academy Interim Chief Harvey Mason Details Steps Towards Diversity & Inclusivity

The Recording Academy says an investigation of ousted CEO Deborah Dugan’s claims of sexual harassment is underway, among other measures to address the firestorm of controversy that has emerged around the organization in recent weeks, according to a pair of memos from Board of Trustees head Harvey Mason Jr. The memos were distributed Thursday to elected leaders and leaked to members of the media, including Variety.

Embattled Recording Academy CEO/president Deborah Dugan’s allegation of sexual harassment against the Recording Academy’s general counsel, Greenberg Traurig’s Joel Katz, is “being independently investigated by a law firm with no previous ties to the Academy,” according to missives sent to the organization’s elected leaders by Academy interim CEO Harvey Mason Jr.  Thursday (Feb. 13). Mason, who is

The Recording Academy says an investigation of ousted CEO Deborah Dugan’s claims of sexual harassment is underway, among other measures to address the firestorm of controversy that has emerged around the organization in recent weeks, according to a pair of memos from Board of Trustees head Harvey Mason Jr. The memos were distributed Thursday to elected leaders and leaked to members of the media, including Variety.

Actress Rose McGowan called out Natalie Portman for hardly working with any female directors throughout her long career.McGowan's critique comes after Portman wore a cape embroidered with the names of female directors during the 92nd Academy Awards, which nominated no women in the category of Best Director.Portman then responded to McGowan.After Natalie Portman arrived at the 2020 Oscars red carpet donning a cape with the names of female directors who weren't nominated for the Best Director

While the media and industry have been focused on the turmoil at the Recording Academy sparked by the organization putting its President/CEO, Deborah Dugan, on administrative leave Jan. 16, academy staffers have been working toward meeting the recommendations made by the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.The Academy put the task force recommendations on its website Dec.

While the media and industry have been focused on the turmoil at the Recording Academy sparked by the organization putting its President/CEO, Deborah Dugan, on administrative leave on Jan. 16, academy staffers have been working toward meeting the recommendations made by the Diversity & Inclusion Task Force.The Academy put the task force recommendations on its website on Dec.

In response to ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan’s request last week to be released from the arbitration agreement she signed when she took the job, the Academy has agreed to have the dispute heard publicly — however, that agreement is not as liberating as it at first sounds.

It’s been one week since the Grammy Awards, and for many people it’s taken a week even to begin to process all the things that happened in the deranged ten days leading up to the show, let alone try to figure out where things currently stand.

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Rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs took aim at the beleaguered Recording Academy bosses for their treatment of hip-hop acts as he accepted one of the organisation’s top prizes on Saturday (25Jan20).

The Recording Academy's interim CEO and board chair, Harvey Mason Jr., asked for a moment of silence in honor of Kobe Bryant at the 2020 Grammy Awards' Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday (Jan. 26).

By Bruce Haring

In the wake of the bombshell allegations included in the legal complaint from ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan — which includes allegations of sexual misconduct among many other improper practices — there’s more than a little sense of “Wasn’t all this supposed to be fixed two years ago?” After former Grammy chief Neil Portnow’s ill-spoken 2018 comment to a Variety reporter that female musicians and executives need to “step up” in order to advance in the industry, the Academy launched a

Less than 48 hours before the Recording Academy starts handing out 84 Grammy Awards on Sunday, interim CEO and board chair Harvey Mason Jr. sent an email to the organization’s membership on Friday (Jan.

In the wake of former Recording Academy chief Neil Portnow’s ill-spoken 2018 comment that female musicians and executives needed to “step up” in order to advance in the music industry, the organization formed a Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion, headed by Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff Tina Tchen, to identify and execute those objectives. Last month, it released a strongly-worded 47-page report identifying multiple areas for improvement at the Academy. (Read the full report here.)

Meghan Markle has spent half of this month in Canada, adjusting to her new life outside of the royal family. The Duchess of Sussex is no longer a full-time working royal, but she is still working...and she'd still like you to know that she remains dedicated to her patronages.

Since Recording Academy CEO/president Deborah Dugan was placed on administrative leave on Jan. 16, Board of Trustees chair Harvey Mason Jr. has been leading the organization. In his first public action as interim president/CEO, on Monday (Jan. 20), Mason issued a statement to members of the Recording Academy addressing the.

By Anita Bennett

It seems that Meghan Markle is enjoying her time in Canada.

The Recording Academy hired a new chief executive in August. Just a few months later, she’s been placed administrative leave 10 days ahead of the Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy claims she was removed for a “bullying management style,” but she also recently authored a memo detailing many issues at the Grammys, noting “something is seriously amiss" with music’s biggest awards show.