BET president Scott Mills spoke at the
L.A. launch of Viacom and Tyler Perry’s
new streaming service, BET+, on Sept. 19.
Billie Eilish with SiriusXM executives
Ross Zapin (left) and Steve Blatter on
Sept. 18 in Los Angeles, where she
performed a private set for SiriusXM and
Pandora listeners at the Troubadour.
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From left: Event co-chairs David Renzer, Doug Jones, Evan Lamberg and Steve
Schnur at the annual gala, a fundraiser for medical research foundation City of Hope.
From left: Grammy Museum
executive director Michael
Sticka with CenterStaging
owners Kathy and Mitch
Clark at the museum’s
Industry Circle membership
program launch on Sept. 19
in Burbank, Calif.
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Snoop Dogg, who
received the Social
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George Strait
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Keystone Award
at the Nashville
Songwriters
Awards on Sept. 17
in Nashville.
Universal Music Publishing Group CEO/
chairman Jody Gerson (left) and Tierra Whack,
who accepted the UMPG She Is the Music Award.
From left: Songwriters Liz Rose and Phil Barton with singer
Tenille Townes at the Country Music Hall of Fame’s All for the
Hall benefit concert on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.
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.ALL THAT MATTERS CONFERENCE At the annual sports and
entertainment conference on Sept. 17 in Singapore, music streaming’s key
players united to discuss the market in Asia. From left: Reed Smith partner
Gregor Pryor, Merlin CEO Charles Caldas, Amazon Music Japan director
Rene Fasco, Spotify head of artist and label marketing Chee Meng Tan and
JioSaavn general counsel/vp business affairs Ali Sachedina.
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