Country singer Katie Armiger, who detailed her experiences with sexual harassment in the country music industry, has reached a settlement with Pete O’Heeron, the president and founder of her former label Cold River Records.
Armiger and O’Heeron had been engaged in numerous lawsuits since 2016, when O’Heeron sued the singer-songwriter for breach of contract, and then again in 2017 when Armiger shared her story with Fox News, prompting a suit against the singer that alleged the breach of a disparagement agreement.
While O’Heeron initially claimed that Armiger had...
Armiger and O’Heeron had been engaged in numerous lawsuits since 2016, when O’Heeron sued the singer-songwriter for breach of contract, and then again in 2017 when Armiger shared her story with Fox News, prompting a suit against the singer that alleged the breach of a disparagement agreement.
While O’Heeron initially claimed that Armiger had...
- 10/25/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
Last year, after Rolling Stone Country published an in-depth report on the culture of sexual harassment and misconduct in the world of country radio, Tennessee legislators introduced Hb 1984/Sb 2130, a bill that would offer full-time employee rights to artists and freelancers concerning sexual harassment. Led by Democrats Rep. Brenda Gilmore and Sen. Jeff Yarbro, it eventually died in the House without ample Republican support — but found new life this week when reintroduced by Rep. Bob Freeman as Hb 387.
During Tuesday’s hearing by the House Employee Affairs Subcommittee, local Americana...
During Tuesday’s hearing by the House Employee Affairs Subcommittee, local Americana...
- 3/20/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
At the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville earlier this month, there was a lot of talk about metrics, hit songs and streaming among the executives, program directors and deejays gathered from all across the country. What there wasn’t much of was discussion about what one Crs attendee referred to as “the elephant in the room” — i.e., country radio’s endemic gender imbalance. But thanks to the Grammy Awards, where women reigned and Kacey Musgraves took home Album of the Year honors, there was no escaping the conversation during Crs either.
- 2/27/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
Katie Armiger landed a radio tour when she was 15-years-old, but she says she was quickly confronted with a harsh reality. “I was at a radio station in Texas and was taking a promo photo with one of the on-air DJs after doing my performances and he grabbed my butt during the photo,” Armiger told Fox News. “And […]...
- 10/23/2017
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
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