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# WED. BRIEF:  Grammy’s Race Problem • Facebook Makes Music Play • Lefsetz Helms New Conferences • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/am-brief-grammys-race-problem-facebook-makes-music-play-lefsetz-helms-new-conferences-more/
- Published: 2017-02-15T08:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2017-02-15T08:51:00.000Z
- Description: WEDNESDAY 2.15.16 Music Business News From Around The Web "Achieving the ideal of equality is proving as heartbreakingly difficult for the recording industry as it is for all of America.". Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/02/am-brief-grammys-race-problem-facebook-makes-music-pl
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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*"Achieving the ideal of equality is proving as [heartbreakingly difficult](http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/02/14/515024057/the-problem-with-the-grammys-is-not-a-problem-we-can-fix?ref=hypebot.com) for the recording industry as it is for all of America."*

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