Open letter from new group seeks action on
racism and better career development
A collective of senior black
music industry executives from companies including Warner, Sony, Universal Music Group, BMG, Live Nation, Spotify and the Music Managers Forum has published an open letter to business leaders calling for immediate action on racism and marginalisation within the sector.
The newly formed Black Music Coalition welcomed industry statements of support on last week’s #BlackoutTuesday, a music industry-endorsed day of reflection during the ongoing global Black Lives Matter
protests sparked by the death in
police custody of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but said that it was time to transform that support into “tangible changes”.