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Women in Music awards: ‘We can be a boss, without the fear of being called a bitch’

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“I really can’t open this awards ceremony without mentioning the ‘W’ word. That’s for Weinstein, or willy-wangling… I doubt that in this country there is a single office, bank, factory, pub or club that hasn’t seen some poor behaviour towards women.”

WIN chief executive Alison Wenham addressed the elephant in the room at Music Week’s Women in Music awards early on: the last few weeks’ stories about powerful men in several industries harassing women (and worse).

“But I also think that women have been patronised, ignored, passed over for promotion. And I’m sure that in this industry, we’ve also had our share of men behaving quite badly,” she continued.

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Is social media bad for musicians’ psychological health?

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The always-on culture of social media and its increasing demands for musicians’ time may be bad for their psychological health, according to Cooking Vinyl owner Martin Goldschmidt.

“One of the big changes that has happened is that artists have to be incredibly engaged in social media – and this has been a massive [shift] for artists over the last 10 years,” he said, speaking on a The Future of the Music Industry panel at the BIME conference in Bilbao.

“They have to be on several social media platforms and I am just wondering if the next stage is if they are going to have to visually record part of the recording process. Not only will you be able to stream the new release, but you can also see it in VR.”

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AIM boss Alison Wenham steps aside to focus on WIN

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British indie trade body AIM is looking for a new chief executive, after current boss Alison Wenham announced she is stepping aside to focus on her role at global body WIN.

The latter is spinning off from AIM as a standalone trade association with Wenham as chief executive, although the change will not happen until her replacement at AIM has been found.