Sony Music Chief Rob Stringer Details Company-Wide Plans for Blackout Tuesday
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variety.comA day of town halls and conversations is planned with Spike Lee, Kane Brown and the attorney for George Floyd, Ahmad Arbery and Breonna Taylor set to speak.
By Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer (pictured with Pharrell Williams in January) has detailed his company’s plans to observe “Blackout Tuesday,” an industry-wide initiative to stand in solidarity with the black community — and in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hand of a police officer, in which all music business will essentially “pause” as per the hashtag, #TheShowMustBePaused.
The movement was created by Atlantic Records exec Jamila Thomas and Platoon’s Brianna Agyemang who on June 1 laid out a plan of action and
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