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Recording Academy Chief Neil Portnow to Step Down Next Year

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, May 31, 2018.

  1. Melody Bot

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    The decision comes at a time when the Academy has been facing increasing public pressure and backlash amid a number of scandals, many of them self-inflicted. Portnow himself has been at the center of several of them, beginning the night of Jan. 28, 2018, when he said in an interview following the 60th Grammy Awards in New York City that women needed to “step up” if they wanted to be better-represented in the music industry.

     
  2. skogsraet

    Trusted Supporter

    I’d be happy with now but I guess I’ll take a year from now