The study found that across 70 major and independent music companies, just 13.9% of top executives across were from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, 4.2% were Black, and 13.9% were women.
The results are not much better further down the executive chain. Of more than 4,000 executives at 119 major and independent companies and their subsidiaries, 19.8% of executives at the VP-level and above were underrepresented, 7.5% were Black, and 35.3% were women. Underrepresented and Black executives varied little from the VP/Head level of employment to EVP/SVP/GM roles, or in Chief/President positions.
“The path to influence in music looks very different for white women and women of color,” the report states. Record labels were the only category where the percentage of Black executives reached proportional representation with the U.S. population. In every other category, the percentage was less than 10%: 7.4% in streaming, 7.2% in music groups, 6.1% in publishing, 4% in radio, and 3.3% in live music and concert promotion.
I'd say they're doing great, considering the actual percentage of African-Americans in the U.S. Many of these numbers are at their representative total or exceeding it, great about managers. CEOs will take forever, they don't just give up control.
I think itself should be investigated for racial and gender diversity. Seems to me they are acting far too much like high priests of the woke cult. Time for a reality check.