Former Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan reaches private settlement with Recording Academy
Dugan was fired days before the 2020 Grammys. She has since said the awards show was rigged and muddled with conflicts of interest.
New York: Ousted Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan and the Recording Academy have reached a confidential settlement over why the former leader was let go from the organisation.
“The Recording Academy and Deborah Dugan have agreed to resolve their differences and to keep the terms of their agreement private,” the academy and Dugan said in a joint statement late 24 June.
Dugan was fired days before the 2020 Grammys. She has since said the awards show was rigged and muddled with conflicts of interest. The former CEO of Bono’s (RED) charity organisation was the first woman to hold the title of president and CEO at the academy.
The settlement comes weeks after the academy said its interim leader, Harvey Mason Jr., would be its official CEO. This week the academy named Valeisha Butterfield Jones and Panos A Panay as co-presidents of the organisation.
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