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Music Industry Moves: Young Thug to Oversee Soundtrack for ‘Throw It Back’ Musical; Kobalt Announces Profitability - variety.com - Smith - county Lamar
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01.07.2021 / 01:43

Music Industry Moves: Young Thug to Oversee Soundtrack for ‘Throw It Back’ Musical; Kobalt Announces Profitability

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorYoung Thug has landed a major role in the musical dramedy “Throw It Back” — appearing in the movie and overseeing its soundtrack as executive producer. Directed by Shadae Lamar Smith from a script written with Rochée Jeffrey, the film stars Shahadi Wright Joseph and will feature Tiffany Haddish in a supporting role.

Mass Appeal Names Jessica Rivera GM of Music, Jenya Meggs Senior VP of Content - variety.com
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29.06.2021 / 16:09

Mass Appeal Names Jessica Rivera GM of Music, Jenya Meggs Senior VP of Content

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMass Appeal has named two key executive hires —two “trailblazing women who will play a pivotal role in elevating and expanding the entertainment company’s presence,” according to the announcement.Jessica Rivera (pictured above, left) will serve as the General Manager of Music, overseeing the creative and day-to-day operations of Mass Appeal’s music division (label and publishing) and contributing across Mass Appeal’s other two divisions in content and creative

H.E.R.’s ‘Lights On’ Festival Returns With Erykah Badu, Ty Dolla $ign and More - variety.com - California
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28.06.2021 / 18:57

H.E.R.’s ‘Lights On’ Festival Returns With Erykah Badu, Ty Dolla $ign and More

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs Variety’s recent cover star H.E.R. announced during Sunday night’s BET Awards, the artist’s Lights On Festival will return to California’s Bay Area in September.

Recording Academy Invites 2,710 Music People ‘From Wide-Ranging Backgrounds’ to Become Members - variety.com - USA
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28.06.2021 / 16:11

Recording Academy Invites 2,710 Music People ‘From Wide-Ranging Backgrounds’ to Become Members

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter years of criticism over a lack of female and diverse representation in its membership and the Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy is continuing its efforts to expand its voting body by extending invitations to 2,710 established music professionals “from wide-ranging backgrounds, genres and disciplines,” according to the announcement.It states that the 2021 class of invitees is 48 percent female, 32 percent Black or African American+, 13 percent Hispanic or

Congressmen Introduce American Music Fairness Act to Compel Radio to Pay Royalties on Recorded Music - variety.com - USA
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24.06.2021 / 23:45

Congressmen Introduce American Music Fairness Act to Compel Radio to Pay Royalties on Recorded Music

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe United States is the only major country in the world where terrestrial radio pays no royalties to performers or recorded-music copyright owners of the songs they play, a situation that is largely due to the powerful radio lobby’s influence in Congress. While the more than 8,300 AM and FM stations across the country pay royalties to songwriters, they have never paid performers or copyright holders, although streaming services do.On Thursday, Reps.

Janelle Monae Signs Global Deal With Sony Music Publishing - variety.com
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22.06.2021 / 17:19

Janelle Monae Signs Global Deal With Sony Music Publishing

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy-nominated singer, songwriter and actor Janelle Monáe has signed an exclusive, worldwide administration agreement with Sony Music Publishing, the company announced on Tuesday.

Black Music Action Coalition ‘Report Card’ Takes Music Industry to Task Over Diversity - variety.com
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21.06.2021 / 20:41

Black Music Action Coalition ‘Report Card’ Takes Music Industry to Task Over Diversity

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA year on from the “Blackout Tuesday,” during which the music industry paused to take a look at its racial policies and plan to reform them, how is it doing? According to both last week’s USC-Annenberg “Inclusion in the Music Business” study and a “report card” released over the weekend by the Black Music Action Coalition — a 200-plus-member organization formed around this time last year — it’s doing fair-to-badly.BMAC’s 37-page report takes a look at dozens of

Check Out Amazon Music’s Wild Prime Day Gift Box - variety.com - Wyoming
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18.06.2021 / 01:01

Check Out Amazon Music’s Wild Prime Day Gift Box

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBack in the day, one of the great perks of being a music writer was “Free CDs and Tees” (t-shirts).

Republic Records, Sony Publishing, Spotify Win Big at Clio Music Awards - variety.com
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18.06.2021 / 00:25

Republic Records, Sony Publishing, Spotify Win Big at Clio Music Awards

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records, Sony Music Publishing and Spotify were among the big winners at last week’s Clio Music Awards.

David Guetta Sells Catalog to Warner Music in Partnership Deal - variety.com
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17.06.2021 / 16:25

David Guetta Sells Catalog to Warner Music in Partnership Deal

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorVeteran artist-producer DJ David Guetta has entered into a career- agreement with Warner Music that sees the company acquiring his recorded-music catalog from the last two decades, as well as striking a new deal for future recordings.

Music Agent Matt Galle Joins CAA - variety.com
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16.06.2021 / 18:59

Music Agent Matt Galle Joins CAA

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter months of rumors, music agents Matt Galle, Mike Marquis and Rachel Pestik have joined CAA’s Music Touring department, the company announced Wednesday.Galle most recently served as a member of Paradigm Talent Agency’s Music Executive Leadership Group.

Black Music Action Coalition to Present Its ‘Industry Report Card’ on Friday - variety.com - USA
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16.06.2021 / 16:19

Black Music Action Coalition to Present Its ‘Industry Report Card’ on Friday

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) will present an overview of its inaugural Industry Action Report Card on Friday morning June 18th as part of the National Museum of African American Music’s State of Black Music Summit.With journalist and industry exec Naima Cochrane, BMAC drafted its first-of-its-kind report to “track and measure how individual companies in the music industry delivered on their pledges to work toward justice, equality and change in the wake

USC-Annenberg Leader Talks Damning Music Industry Diversity Report: ‘These Companies Have a Workforce Crisis’ - variety.com
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15.06.2021 / 17:47

USC-Annenberg Leader Talks Damning Music Industry Diversity Report: ‘These Companies Have a Workforce Crisis’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe new report on “Inclusion in the Music Business: Gender & Race/Ethnicity Across Executives, Artists & Talent Teams” from the USC-Annenberg Inclusion Initiative makes no bones about how far the music industry has to go in its stated goals of gender and racial equality — even after most major music companies loudly trumpeted their commitments to advancing its efforts in those directions in the wake of Blackout Tuesday and the Black Lives Matter protests last year.

The Music Industry Has a Long Way to Go on Diversity, USC Annenberg Report Concludes - variety.com
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15.06.2021 / 15:59

The Music Industry Has a Long Way to Go on Diversity, USC Annenberg Report Concludes

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBlack and underrepresented artists may be heavily represented on the charts, but the music companies that release, promote and tour those artists have a long way to go when it comes to diversity in their executive ranks, according to “Inclusion in the Music Business: Gender & Race/Ethnicity Across Executives, Artists & Talent Teams,” an authoritative new study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

Biz 3’s Dana Meyerson Launches Slashie, New Label Imprint Through Mom+Pop Music - variety.com - Los Angeles - county Canadian
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11.06.2021 / 20:09

Biz 3’s Dana Meyerson Launches Slashie, New Label Imprint Through Mom+Pop Music

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBiz 3 PR veteran Dana Meyerson has launched an imprint called Slashie through Mom + Pop Music.

Sony Music to Waive Unrecouped Debts for Pre-2000 Acts as Part of ‘Artists Forward’ Campaign - variety.com
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11.06.2021 / 16:01

Sony Music to Waive Unrecouped Debts for Pre-2000 Acts as Part of ‘Artists Forward’ Campaign

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Entertainment has announced “an expansion of the comprehensive support we provide to thousands of our artists around the world” via a new initiative called Artists Forward, “prioritizing transparency with creators in all aspects of their development,” the company stated in a letter to artists.The most striking element of the campaign is the “Legacy Unrecouped Balance Program,” whereby the company “will no longer apply existing unrecouped balances to

Bruce Springsteen Talks ‘Broadway’ Return, New Music With Killers and John Mellencamp, and 2022 Tour? - variety.com
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10.06.2021 / 20:43

Bruce Springsteen Talks ‘Broadway’ Return, New Music With Killers and John Mellencamp, and 2022 Tour?

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBruce Springsteen is getting back to work this summer, playing a big role in Broadway’s return by bringing back his $108-million-grossing “Springsteen on Broadway” for the entire summer, but that isn’t all he has in the works, as he revealed in a call on Sirius XM’s E Street Radio.“I am looking forward to being in front of an audience,” he told hosts Dave Marsh and Jim Rotolo. “It’s going to be quite a thing.

YouTube Music Gives Update on $100 Million Black Voices Fund - variety.com
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09.06.2021 / 18:31

YouTube Music Gives Update on $100 Million Black Voices Fund

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLast June, YouTube launched a $100 million #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund in an effort to help equip Black musicians with the resources and support to enable them to “thrive and invest in work that amplifies the voices, perspectives and stories of all Black artists around the world,” according to the announcement.The company has provided periodic updates on aspects of the program, and on Wednesday, unveiled a report on the progress its music efforts have made over the

Lorde Promises New Music ‘Arriving in 2021’ - variety.com
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08.06.2021 / 00:19

Lorde Promises New Music ‘Arriving in 2021’

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA week after some tracks purportedly from Lorde’s third album leaked onto the internet (although it seems very few people have actually heard them?), the singer posted a note on her website Monday, along with a rather attention-grabbing photograph of a derriere, possibly hers, from below.As last week’s rumors predicted, it seems the first single is called “Solar Power.” The remainder of the message says only, “Arriving in 2021… patience is a virtue,” nodding to the

H.E.R., Ingrid Andress Join CMT Music Awards Lineup (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com
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07.06.2021 / 18:02

H.E.R., Ingrid Andress Join CMT Music Awards Lineup (EXCLUSIVE)

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorH.E.R. and Ingrid Andress will join the star-studded performer lineup for the 2021 CMT Awards while Anthony Mackie, Busy Philipps, Iliza Shlesinger and Michael Strahan have been added as presenters, the network announced Monday (June 7).The two artists will duet with previously announced performers: Fast-rising R&B star H.E.R.

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