Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLast June, BMG announced that it was examining the contracts of the recorded-music catalogs is has acquired in an effort to find evidence of racial disadvantage.The Germany-based company, which was founded in 2008 but has acquired catalogs that date back to the mid 20th century, announced Friday (Dec.
18) that it has completed the first stage of the review and found such evidence of “discriminatory contract terms for Black artists” in four of the 33 catalogs in question plans to “bring forward measures which will benefit the lowest paid recording artists across all of its catalogs”; a rep tells Variety the company will come forward with proposals in the new year.Citing European Union data-protection.