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The Wrap: Veteran Music Exec Says Recording Studios Aren’t Safe Spaces for Women: ‘There’s Really No Rules’ (Video)

Power Women Summit: “I don’t think I’ve ever met a woman who hasn’t had some kind of traumatic experience in a recording studio,” Ty Stiklorius says.

ABC: Tiffany Red on improving the music industry with her group, ‘The 100 Percenters’ (Video)

Songwriter Tiffany Red launched "The 100 Percenters," a nonprofit that advocates for creatives in an industry she says is "predatory” following allegations against Sean "Diddy" Combs and others.

Rollingstone: A New #MeToo Initiative Challenges The Music Industry to Heighten Safety Practices

The Recording Academy, the NMPA and other organizations have signed the Safe Music Business pledge founded by Tiffany Red

Billboard: Recording Academy, BMI, NMPA & More Music Orgs Sign Pledge Committing to Workplace Safety

Created by advocacy group The 100 Percenters, the Safe Music Business pledge asks signatories to abide by rules designed to ensure safe spaces for music workers.

Variety: The 100 Percenters Launch Two Initiatives to Combat Sexual Abuse in Music Industry

“This initiative stands poised to revolutionize the music industry by fostering safer workplaces through education, awareness, and tangible action."

Rollingstone: Hit Writers for Katy Perry, Beyoncé Ask: Is It Time to Strike?

"It’s the dumbest business model on the planet. In what other industry do you show up for work for free every day just strung out on potential," asks writer Bonnie McKee.

Variety: Music Publishers: The Writers’ Strike Should Inspire Fair Pay for Songwriters (Guest Essay)

"I am writing this letter as a call to action for all major and independent music publishers to support the #paysongwriters movement."

Rollingstone: WGA Writers Want Reforms. Songwriters Ask, ‘When’s Our Turn?’

"What makes me feel the most bummed out today is the stark realization of how little power we have," says president of one songwriter trade group.

Variety: Songwriters Advocacy Group 100 Percenters Stages Protest Outside Universal Music Group Offices

The protest came on the heels of the 65th Grammy Awards ceremony, held on Sunday at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles.

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Rollingstone: She Spent Two Years Writing for an Acclaimed Album — and Made Only $4,000

Writing songs for top acts used to be a reliable source of income. Now, thanks to a rapidly changing industry, songwriters face trouble making ends meet.

Variety: The 100 Percenters and Sony Music Publishing Open Applications for $2,500 Songwriter Stimulus Grants

The 100 Percenters, a musicians and creatives advocacy nonprofit, has opened the first round of its Songwriter Stimulus Program applications in partnership with Sony Music Publishing.

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Variety: Sony Music Publishing Partners With 100 Percenters Nonprofit to Provide Songwriter Relief Grants

The 100 Percenters, a music-creatives advocacy nonprofit, has announced a partnership with Sony Music Publishing designed to provide financial relief and support to U.S. songwriters.

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Billboard: Sony Music Publishing Commits $100,000 to Songwriters Org The 100 Percenters

The money will help provide financial relief through the organization's Songwriter Stimulus Program and its Emergency Fund.

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Afrotech: Sony Music Publishing Donates $100K To Music Nonprofit 100 Percenters For Songwriter Relief Grants

With the pandemic’s lasting effects on the music business on not just mainstream artists but all fronts, Sony Music Publishing is backing the unsung heroes.

Variety: If Black Culture Drives Pop Culture, Where Are the Black Senior Music Executives? (Guest Column)

I think we can all agree that black culture drives pop culture. So why aren’t there more black senior-level executives leading the charge?

LA Times: ‘If we don’t get paid, songs don’t get made’: Songwriters take to the streets against Spotify

Artists and songwriters gathered on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood to protest Spotify’s payment rates.

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Variety: Songwriters Protest Spotify on Sunset Blvd., Asking Fans to Honk if They Support a Living Wage for Hitmakers

Their message is “that we’re not making a livable wage, that we have families too, and we can’t afford to pay our bills because the system, like many systems in our country, is archaic."

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Oakyplayer: "No Budget? No Bops." Songwriters Hit the Streets in LA to Protest Spotify

“I want to see record labels pay songwriters. Record labels do not pay us. They don’t pay us for the session. They don’t pay us a songwriter fee."

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Billboard: Songwriters Protest Spotify in LA: ‘I Just Want to Be Able to Pay My Bills’

Led by The 100 Percenters, songwriters made a stand outside the streaming service's former West Hollywood headquarters on Monday to demand higher payouts.

Complex: Songwriters to Protest Spotify Royalty Rates With Los Angeles Demonstration: ‘Enough Is Enough’

The streaming service has been at the center of controversy for months now, with many artists pointing to the larger issue of royalty rates.

Variety: Songwriters to Protest Spotify Outside West Hollywood Offices, Citing Royalties and Joe Rogan Controversy

“Spotify was built on the backs of the music creators, yet we have the smallest piece of the pie,” Red said in a statement announcing the protest.

Forbes: Penny For Your Thoughts: Spotify Backlash Gives Music Creators New Stage To Voice Ongoing Concerns

It’s been three weeks since Neil Young first threatened to yank his music from Spotify if the platform were going to hang on to Joe Rogan. A request which Spotify and his label, Warner Records, obliged.

Variety: MDRCs: The ‘Archaic’ Contract Clause That’s Harmed Many Songwriters

It might seem reasonable to expect a professional songwriter to have two songs officially released over the course of a year, and certainly within five or 10 years. But as many have found out, it’s not that simple.

Billboard: Songwriters Organize New Guild to Take Bigger Piece of Streaming Pie

Songwriters are benefiting from a boom in publishing assets, but they’re still regulated into a paltry share of streaming revenue. Now some are organizing for better deals.

Forbes: The Price Of A Hit Song: Record Labels Under Fire To Update Contracts With Songwriters Or Lose Them

Like disruption across so many industries, the past year has illuminated glaring issues in the old-school methods by which songwriters are both compensated and bound to their publishing contracts.

Forbes: Grammy-Winning Beyonce Collaborator Among Songwriters Fleeing Traditional Music Publishing Deals

Among issues, Fresh describes the MDRC portion of his contract—the minimum delivery release commitment that places a quota on a writer to fulfill—as a Kafka-esque entanglement that’s an impossible to overcome.

Buzzfeed News: Songwriters Sometimes Wait Years After A Song Is Released To Get Paid Anything. These Women Want To Change That.

“I've been in sessions starving, praying that they ask me if I'm hungry, hoping that the studio has snacks.”

The Guardian: ‘They use our culture’: the Black creatives and fans holding K-pop accountable

Today, a striking number of K-pop hits are written and produced by Black Americans and a significant percentage of K-pop fans in the US are Black.

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