Veteran film producer Effie Brown is leading the charge to level the playing field when it comes to owning and investing in content. In January, Brown took the helm of Gamechanger, a Los Angeles-based production company that aims to allow creatives from diverse backgrounds — women, people of color, LGBTQ and the disabled — to [...
As the music industry reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Recording Academy today appealed to Congress to “protect our nation’s musicians, performers, songwriters, and studio professionals,” particularly “self-employed gig workers,” who are impacted by the loss of income due to concert cancelations and other hardships. The upshot of the letter, addressed to [...
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