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Under fire from within his organization and outside of it, Harvey Mason Jr., the interim CEO and board chairman of the Recording Academy, has issued a memo to the organization’s 25,000 members. In the note, he detailed specific steps that are being taken to increase diversity and inclusiveness. Songwriter/producer…

As the Deborah Dugan controversy continues to swirl around the Recording Academy ahead of Music’s Biggest Night this weekend, the group’s Chief Awards Officer is defending its Grammy Awards nomination process. “It is the goal of the Recording Academy to ensure the Grammy Awards process is led in a fair and ethical…

UPDATED with CBS This Morning comments: Deborah Dugan, the ousted CEO of the Recording Academy, renewed her attacks on the institution in interviews Thursday on ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning, the latter on the longtime network of the Grammy Awards. On GMA, she said she will still be watching Sunday’s…

Four women who who serve on the Board of Trustees of the Recording Academy signed an open letter today today that defending the group against claims made by Deborah Dugan, its ousted former CEO. “It is deeply disturbing to us – and quite frankly, heartbreaking – to witness the firestorm against our organization that…

UPDATED with statement from Deborah Dugan’s attorneys: Former Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow says a bombshell rape allegation made against him this week is “ludicrous and untrue.” It is his first response to the claim made by his successor Deborah Dugan in an EEOC filing that Portnow raped an unidentified female…

Recently ousted Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan’s explosive EEOC complaint includes allegations that she was sexually harassed last year by Joel Katz, the Academy's general counsel. Katz today issued a statement through his attorney "categorically" denying her claim. Dugan alleges that Katz harassed…

Recently ousted National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences president and CEO Deborah Dugan’s discrimination complaint filed Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission included allegations that her predecessor Neil Portnow raped a female recording artist, and is the “real reason” his contract was not…

UPDATED with statement from Duban’s lawyer: Deborah Dugan, the recently fired president and CEO of the Recording Academy, has filed a discrimination complaint with the EEOC, claiming that she was sexually harassed by Joel Katz, the Academy's general counsel. The complaint also alleges that she witnessed "egregious…

Four days after the Recording Academy placed President and CEO Deborah Dugan on administrative leave amid an “investigation” into alleged misconduct, interim President/CEO Harvey Mason Jr. has issued a statement claiming Dugan demanded “millions of dollars” to withdraw complaints she made about the organization and…

Gabrielle Union has added her name to the growing list of artists voicing support for Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan, who was placed on administrative leave less than two weeks before the Grammy Awards. On Thursday night, the Recording Academy ousted Dugan amid “serious concerns” raised by its Board of Trustees…

There's really only one story this week. "Music's biggest night," as they term the Grammy Awards, is under a cloud this year, as CEO/President Deborah Dugan was placed on administrative leave earlier this week by the Recording Academy as an investigation is underway into complaints about her tenure. Considering Dugan…

UPDATED with statement from Deborah Dugan’s attorney: The attorney for Deborah Dugan is firing back after Dugan was placed on administrative leave from her post as president/CEO of the Recording Academy. "What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told. When our ability to speak is not restrained…