Universal Music Group has advised its employees not to attend the upcoming South By Southwest music festival and conference in Austin, Texas, due to the growing concern over the caronavirus, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety.
The move is not a requirement, the source stressed, but rather out of an “abundance of caution,” adding that exceptions may be made — “but no one has asked for one yet.” Sony Music and Warner Music Group are said to have instituted a similar policy, although reps for the companies and for SXSW did not immediately respond to Variety’s requests for comment late Thursday night.
Universal is the world’s largest music company. Artists are not affected, as they are not employees of the companies, although
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