
Deborah Dugan
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Deborah Dugan and Recording Academy Settle Dispute Over Her Firing
By Ross A. Lincoln | June 24, 2021 @ 9:25 PMDugan was ousted by the Grammys organization just ahead of the 2020 ceremony
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Recording Academy Appoints Valeisha Butterfield Jones as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
By Brian Welk | April 30, 2020 @ 7:42 AMThe role is the organization’s first and was recommended by the task force for diversity and inclusion led by Tina Tchen
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Deborah Dugan Presents New Evidence of Attempt to ‘Influence’ Grammy Nominations
By Daniel Goldblatt | March 3, 2020 @ 12:19 PMDugan, who was fired by The Recording Academy on Monday, filed new documents Tuesday in her lawsuit against the organization
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Deborah Dugan’s Lawyers Blast Recording Academy for ‘Despicable’ Firing
By Tony Maglio | March 2, 2020 @ 12:02 PMGrammys org ”will stop at nothing to protect and maintain a culture of misogyny, discrimination, sexual harassment, corruption and conflicts of interest,“ ousted CEO’s attorneys say
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Recording Academy Fires Deborah Dugan After Investigation Validates ‘Serious Complaints’ and ‘Poor Judgment’
By Daniel Goldblatt and Jennifer Maas | March 2, 2020 @ 11:40 AMOusted Grammys boss was placed on administrative leave in January
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Recording Academy Opens Investigation Into Ousted CEO Deborah Dugan’s Sexual Harassment Claim
By Daniel Goldblatt | February 14, 2020 @ 9:06 AM”We take that allegation very seriously,“ interim CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in a memo
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Former Grammy CEO Neil Portnow Got 41% Pay Raise Before Exit – to $2.6 Million
By Daniel Goldblatt | February 3, 2020 @ 6:00 AMPortnow got a huge bump in the year before he exited; his female replacement says she was paid ”substantially less“
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Ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan Calls for ‘Transparency’ in Letter to the Board
By Daniel Goldblatt | January 29, 2020 @ 1:15 PMDugan says she has ”nothing to hide“
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Recording Academy CEO Promises Diversity, but Deborah Dugan Calls It ‘Smoke and Mirrors’
By Jeremy Fuster | January 26, 2020 @ 11:04 AMOusted RIAA head says that plans announced on Sunday to promote diversity were in the works under her leadership
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Recording Academy’s Diversity Task Force ‘Deeply Disappointed’ by Failures to Implement Changes
By Lawrence Yee | January 23, 2020 @ 6:09 PMTask force suggested 18 changes to Academy last month, including ranked voting for top Grammy categories and hiring a diversity officer
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Recording Academy Denies Grammy Nomination Voting Is ‘Corrupt,’ Calls Process ‘Fair and Ethical’
By Jennifer Maas and Tony Maglio | January 23, 2020 @ 2:47 PMOusted CEO Deborah Dugan accused the organization of ”incidents of conflict of interest that taint the results“
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Ousted Grammy CEO Deborah Dugan Says General Counsel Propositioned Her in ‘Power-Setting Move’ (Video)
By Lindsey Ellefson | January 23, 2020 @ 5:03 AMIn ‘GMA’ interview, she also declines to name Song of the Year nominee she says sat on nominating committee for the category
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Deborah Dugan’s Push for Grammy Voting Reform Rattled Recording Academy’s ‘Boys Club’
By Brian Welk | January 22, 2020 @ 3:48 PMOusted CEO called out a nominations process that is ”ripe with corruption“ in her EEOC complaint filed Tuesday
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Deborah Dugan Stands by Neil Portnow Accusation: He ‘Does Not Even Deny That an Allegation of Rape Was Made’
By Jennifer Maas | January 22, 2020 @ 3:40 PMOusted Recording Academy CEO alleged Tuesday that her predecessor raped an unnamed female recording artist during his tenure
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4 Female Recording Academy Trustees Push Back on Deborah Dugan’s ‘Boys Club’ Criticism
By Brian Welk | January 22, 2020 @ 3:39 PMOusted CEO filed an EEOC complaint on Tuesday against the Grammys organization