Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media
Group president Deanna Brown.
Time’s Up president/CEO Tina Tchen
(left), who was appointed to her role
on Oct. 7, and Billboard executive
director of R&B/hip-hop Gail Mitchell.
From left: Warner Records’ Laura
Swanson, FYI Brand Group’s Tammy
Brook, Sony Music Entertainment’s
Melissa Victor and Columbia Records’
Phylicia Fant.
Epic Records chairman/CEO Sylvia Rhone,
who received the annual event’s titular honor.
From left: Dina LaPolt of
LaPolt Law, Sony Music
Entertainment’s Julie Swidler,
Universal Music Publishing
Group’s Jody Gerson and Tri
Star Sports & Entertainment
Group’s Lou Taylor.
En Vogue reunited for a
performance to pay tribute to
Rhone, who managed the group
while at Atlantic Records
in the late ’80s.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman/CEO
Jon Platt, who received the 2018 Spirit of Life
award, and his wife, Angie.
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF., OCT. 10
A WARM WELCOME FOR THE ACADEMY’S NEW BOSS
Billboard gathered women executives from across the music industry to
celebrate the first female Recording Academy president/CEO, Deborah
Dugan, in Beverly Hills on Oct. 11. From left: The Azoff Company’s Elizabeth
Collins and Susan Genco, Billboard’s Lynne Segall, AEG’s Dana DuFine,
MGM’s Lori Silfen and entertainment attorney Laurie Soriano.
Dugan (left) and Billboard Media Group editorial
director Hannah Karp.
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