On March 24, 2011 The Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy ® announced it has extended President/CEO Neil Portnow’s contract through 2015, it was announced by Chair of the Board George P. Flanigen IV.
At its semi-annual meeting in November 2010, the Board voted unanimously to keep Portnow at the helm of the nonprofit music membership organization for four more years. Portnow became President of The Academy in December 2002, and was promoted to President/CEO in September 2007...Read Full Story
Next year’s 54th annual Grammy Awards will have only 78 categories, 31 fewer than presented at the 53rd ceremony held in February, the Recording Academy announced today. President/CEO Neil Portnow discussed the changes in an exclusive interview with Billboard.
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Next year’s 54th annual Grammy Awards will have only 78 categories, 31 fewer than presented at the 53rd ceremony held in February, the Recording Academy announced today. President/CEO Neil Portnow discussed the changes in an exclusive interview with Billboard.
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Over the march of my 20-year story as an senior manager in the song business, I have come to the end which the Grammy Awards have obviously mislaid hold with la mode renouned culture.Read Full Story
With Whitney Houston’s tragic passing 24 hours before Sunday’s telecast, Neil Portnow and producers of the Grammy Awards show were forced to scramble to figure out the most appropriate way to honor the fallen pop star. In the hours following ...
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In the past, NARAS president Neil Portnow has been Music's Biggest Night's biggest buzzkill. Each year, the Academy's king issues a decree that reminds us all of one thing: Stop stealing music. And the 54th Annual Grammy Awards were no different.
"We take care of our musicians and our creative community in their times of need," Portnow began...
With just hours to prepare a fitting tribute, the Grammys had to act quickly. "Musicians, by nature, improvise," said Neil Portnow, president of the Recording Academy, on the red carpet before the show. Portnow said the tribute was the result of hours of ...
Four-time Grammy winner DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown a.k.a. Erykah Badu enticed the music fans at ... Recording Academy President Neil Portnow walks the red carpet at the Grammy Glam event, where he talked to Billboard.biz about the planned protests that ...
Meanwhile, the former Zomba Group executive continues to oversee the music industry's most prominent night of TV programming, along with Ken Ehrlich and CBS brass, and develop the identity of the Grammy nominations concert special. Portnow has developed ...
PORTSMOUTH â As the Recording Academy announced the list of Grammy nominees for its 50th Annual Grammy Awards, staff at The Music Hall in downtown Portsmouth pored over the list for news about stars in the hallâs winter line up â and they weren ...
Neil R. Portnow (born 1948, New York City ) is the current president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). Portnow was formerly the vice-president of the ...