{"id":136786,"date":"2020-12-18T20:41:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T17:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/some-bmg-labels-paid-black-artists-lower-royalties-audit-finds\/"},"modified":"2020-12-18T20:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T17:41:18","slug":"some-bmg-labels-paid-black-artists-lower-royalties-audit-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/some-bmg-labels-paid-black-artists-lower-royalties-audit-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Some BMG Labels Paid Black Artists Lower Royalties, Audit Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Some BMG Labels Paid Black Artists Lower Royalties, Audit Finds<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

In June, soon after the music industry slowdown for \u201cBlackout Tuesday,\u201d the label and publisher BMG launched an audit into its historical record contracts to determine whether Black artists were fairly compensated. Today, it has revealed its first findings, the BBC reports<\/a>. Under four of its labels, the report says, there were \u201csignificant disparities\u201d between royalty payouts for Black and non-Black artists. BMG did not name the four labels, citing data protection compliance regulations, according to Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>. In some cases, royalty payouts for Black artists were 3.4 percent lower.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile difference is not necessarily evidence of bias, there were instances of differences that are significant enough that they warrant closer attention,\u201d said BMG COO Ben Katovsky, who led the investigation. \u201cWe will follow this through to its conclusion.\u201d CEO Hartwig Masuch urged other major music companies to join them in reviewing record deals; BMG is the first to conduct such an investigation.<\/p>\n

The label had pledged to complete its audit in 30 days, but found the investigation harder to conduct than expected, Katovsky told Rolling Stone<\/em>. He added, \u201cWhile these legacy contracts may have been entered into willingly, are fully legally enforceable and we paid the previous owners full market value for them, we feel we can do better. We will shortly bring forward proposals designed to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BMG was founded in 2008 and acquired most of its catalog, which includes artists such as Nina Simone and Grandmaster Flash, between 2009 and 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Read \u201cAmid a Racial Justice Reckoning, Pioneers of Rap, Reggae, and R&B Recount Their Struggles to Get Paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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