Hill Hot Over Hip-Hop

HILL HOT OVER HIP HOP
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Viacom, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group executives will be on the hot seat in Washington (DC) today to face criticisms that racist and sexist language in the media perpetuates "damaging stereotypes." House Subcommittee on Trade and Consumer Protection will look into what it calls "increasingly coarse and vulgar language and images that have the effect of undermining important moral values in our society." Witnesses scheduled to testify include Viacom president Philippe Dauman, WMG president Edgar Bronfman Jr., UMG president Doug Morris and Radio One president Alfred Liggins.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6481168.html?rssid=193

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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-ed-hiphop25sep25,1,...