Jon Platt on Sony/ATV’s 25 Years of Songs Billboard 2/22/2021 Jon Platt
In his 2020 year-end message to songwriters, Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman/ CEO Jon Platt praised them for continuing to change the world with their creativity especially in a tumultuous year framed by a pandemic and racial unrest. “Thanks to all of you,” he wrote. “History is always being written.” Those five words also describe the company, recently rebranded as Sony Music Publishing, and its journey to becoming the No. 1 global music publisher, especially under the 12-year watch of legendary publishing executive Martin Bandier and now Platt, who succeeded his former EMI Music Publishing boss and mentor in April 2019.
Rolling Stone Morgan Wallen’s Label Suspended Him ‘Indefinitely.’ Here’s What That Means And What It Doesn’t
The country star’s record deal is on ice after he was caught using a racial slur. But experts say it’s mostly an empty gesture
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In the four days since Morgan Wallen was captured on camera saying a racial slur, blowback from the country music industry has been sweeping. He’s been exiled from country radio, major talent agency WME dropped him as a client, and his record deal a joint partnership between Big Loud and Republic Records has been suspended indefinitely.
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Morgan Wallen s Label Suspended Him Indefinitely. Here s What That Means - And What It Doesn t
Morgan Wallen s Label Suspended Him Indefinitely. Here s What That Means - And What It Doesn t
The country star s record deal is on ice after he was caught using a racial slur. But experts say it s mostly an empty gesture
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The story behind the photo … Patrick Hutchinson carries a white protestor to safety in London. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
The story behind the photo … Patrick Hutchinson carries a white protestor to safety in London. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Lou Mensah explains why the new season of her podcast about art, race and identity examines the defining images of 2020 and beyond, from BLM protests to Vogue covers and Trump supporters
Mon 25 Jan 2021 08.28 EST
Last modified on Tue 26 Jan 2021 05.04 EST
Lou Mensah spent the 1990s working in PR but her favourite part of the job was not the to and fro with clients. What she really liked was meeting and briefing photographers. So when she fell ill at one point, a friend gave her a camera and said: “If you’re well enough to go out today, just take some pictures.” And Mensah did.