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Universal Music Group has advised its employees not to attend the upcoming South By Southwest music festival and conference in Austin, Texas, due to the growing concern over the coronavirus, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety. The directive is not mandatory, the source stressed, adding that exceptions may be made, “but no [...]Political advertising floods the airwaves every four years like clockwork.
]UPDATED: Just over 18 months ago, a New York Times article stated that the damage Universal Music Group’s archives suffered in a 2008 fire was far greater than originally revealed — while lacking specific details, the article estimated that around 500,000 masters by some of the greatest artists of the past century were destroyed. While [...]The coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate, with the death toll now topping 3,000 and as many as 90,000 confirmed cases of the disease.
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