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Black Music Action Coalition Launched by Top Managers, Attorneys, Execs

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22.06.2020 - 19:53

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Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterOn the heels of Juneteenth, a group of 30-plus artist managers, attorneys, business managers, agents and other industry executives have joined forces as the Black Music Action Coalition.According to the announcement, “This advocacy organization endeavors to uphold and actualize the mission of Black Lives Matter in the music industry and reach racial justice not just across labels, publishers, agencies, distributors, and DSP’s but throughout society at large.”As its first order of business, BMAC presented an open letter to the industry (posted here) on the “urgent need to meet with each organization’s C.E.O., senior management and the heads of their newly formed task-forces to directly address systemic.

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