Transmission: Music Business Headlines

Billboard Universal Music Publishing Group Chairman/CEO Jody Gerson on why the music industry has yet to have a #MeToo moment
NPR Music New study shows a grave lack of gender diversity in the music industry
Complex Grammy committee reportedly wouldn’t allow Lorde to perform solo
Consequence of Sound Grammys president Neil Portnow defends lack of female winners: The onus is on them to “step up”
Vulture Grammy president ‘regrets’ saying female musicians need to ‘step up’
Noisey What is The Grammys' beef with Black women?
Salon It’s time to tear down the music festival boys club
CBC London, Ont., will host the 2019 JUNO Awards
Saskatoon Star Phoenix Saskatoon failed to raise enough money for Junos bid
Noisey The dark and lonely world of performance anxiety
CBC If we value what art brings to our cities, we must understand that artists are part of an ecosystem
The Guardian Planning rules to be strengthened in UK to protect music venues
Billboard Where are all the female music producers?
Music Business Worldwide Major victory for songwriters as US streaming royalty rates rise 44%
Digital Music News Indie songwriters feeling left out as the ‘Music Modernization Act’ moves to the Senate
CBC Competition Bureau sues Ticketmaster, Live Nation over allegations of inflated ticket prices
Noisey How nightclubs are taking a stand against sexual harassment
Los Angeles Magazine Girlschool is making space for women in music and beyond
CBC What's robbing Adele, Céline Dion and more singers of their voices
Teen Vogue China bans hip hop culture, tattoos from television
Music Business Worldwide YouTube is paying artists’ promotion budgets… if they promise not to criticize YouTube, says report
PinkNews Demi Lovato will be offering free therapy sessions to fans at her concerts