However, as the longest running interracial business partnership in the entertainment industry, we have decided that it was essential to speak out regarding the most recent events that have enveloped our country. While both of us are active in our communities, as well as in various civic and political endeavors, professionally, we have chosen to allow all of yours and our work as a company to reflect the values that we all hold dear. Since Alcon Entertainment began over 23 years ago, the two of us have never issued a statement regarding current events. We will be updating as more come in.Īlcon Entertainment CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove: You can see some of their announcements below. It called for Tuesday to be used as “a day to disconnect from work and reconnect with our community” via “an urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change.”Īmong the companies that have announced they will participate in Blackout Tuesday, joining a slew of music industry companies, are agencies UTA, ICM Partners, CAA, Gersh, Verve, Pantheon, APA, TalentWorks, Buchwald, WME, the Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston agency and Stewart Talent management companies Artists First, Inspire Entertainment, Odenkirk Provissiero, Silver Lining Entertainment and Management 360 ViacomCBS Funny or Die Wallman PR AGC Studios production/management company Sugar 23 Amasia Entertainment, law firm Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler Feldman & Clark. PREVIOUSLY, June 1: A growing number of entertainment companies are joining the Blackout Tuesday initiative on June 2 in a message of solidarity in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Īn image calling for a “Blackout” on Tuesday, along with the hashtag #TheShowMustBePaused, began circulating on social media on Friday.
Music Industry Observing 'Black Out Tuesday' In Solidarity With Black Community In George Floyd Death
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