Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicUniversal Music Group chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge was one of the first music industry executives to contract COVID-19 this year, entering the hospital shortly after his 60th birthday celebration at the end of February.
The scare was among the topics he mentioned in a year-end letter to staff, circulated earlier today.In the note, he outlined the many successes UMG has seen in 2020 in spite of the ongoing pandemic and a decimated live music market.
He also praised the company’s efforts towards promoting social change in the wake of a series of police officer-inflicted deaths that took place this year. “Putting music’s power to work for good may have been more important this year than it’s ever.
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