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Harvey Mason Jr. on Recording Academy’s Impact Report: ‘We Needed to Do a Better Job of Explaining Why the Academy Exists’


Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. talks the Grammy organization's impact report summarizing the changes it's made since he stepped into the job.

In the report, the academy attempts to quantify its impact and summarize the changes it has made over the five years since Mason stepped into the top job at the organization (initially as interim CEO following the departure of Deborah Dugan). In an interview with Billboard, Mason shed further light on his aims with the report, which takes the form of a slick and visually appealing deck brimming with facts and figures. Every event hosted by a chapter or wing, every dollar distributed by MusiCares, every scholarship we provide, and every time we open the Grammy Museum doors to a child, it impacts our music community.

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