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 | The media that young women and gay men enjoy is often dismissed as campy or trashy or culturally lightweight because as a demographic, girls and gays tend not to be taken seriously without “earning it.” For that, we can thank a patriarchal culture that continually undermines anything that might be considered “feminine." —by Philip Ellis for Man Repeller
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Kendrick Lamar has won a Pulitzer Prize for music for his album Damn., the organization announced Monday afternoon. Host Dana Canedy seemed quietly delighted when making the announcement. While the Pulitzer’s usual laudatory blurb explaining the reasoning behind the award was not available at press time, there’s little doubt about the impact Lamar has had on hip-hop, music and culture since he broke into the mainstream with his 2012 album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. —by Jen Aswad for Variety
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 | "There's definitely a challenge in the music industry with respect to the pipeline for black executives, which is interesting when you think about the impact of the music that is being sold, because a lot of that is urban music and black culture," music attorney Julian Petty, partner at law firm Nixon Peabody, told Billboard in February. "You can't just have a few folks there. We've got to figure that out." —by Gail Mitchell for Billboard
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 | David Massey, the British-born label veteran who has led Island Records since February 2013, will be stepping down from his post as president/CEO of the Universal Music Group label when his contract expires in June, a source has confirmed to Billboard. Massey, 60, is expected to launch a new label and music company, for which he's already secured funding. —by Don Rys for Billboard
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 | Trade bodies representing artist managers in Europe yesterday launched the European Music Managers Alliance to "ensure creators' representatives can have closer involvement in all discussions and decisions that impact future direction of the global music business" —by Chris Cooke for CMU Business News
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 | Since the early days of the music industry, there’s always been a very serious problem. And that problem is outright fraud. Simply stated, if a label hands an artist a statement, that artist has never had a way to investigate the veracity of the numbers reported. Even worse: an audit against a label (or publisher, or touring company, or manager) is incredibly expensive to conduct. —by Paul Resnikoff for Digital Music News
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 | Working-class people continue to be hugely under-represented in the arts, and the people at the top – mostly well-paid, middle-class white men – are least likely to see it. This conclusion was reached in a new report published today, billed as the first sociological study on social mobility in the cultural industries. The study used data from interviews with 237 people who work in the creative industries to shine light on a problem that the report’s authors said is a longstanding one. —by Mark Brown for The Guardian
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 | Despite its impact across various fields—the #MeToo Movement spread from movies and television to media, tech, academia, finance, even the restaurant industry—the same can’t be said for the music world. —by Michael Arceneaux for Wired
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—by Jon Chapple for IQ - Live Music Intelligence
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 | Many artists including Bon Iver, Chance the Rapper, Wilco, and the Roots are giving the festival market a much-needed jolt. —by Grayson Haver Currin for Pitchfork
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 | The big copyright dispute between the American record industry and internet service provider Grande Communications will proceed as planned after a judge refused to dismiss the case. Though neither side are that happy with the new ruling. —by Chris Cooke for CMU Business News
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