Category: DMG
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Deborah Mannis-Gardner Honored on Billboard’s 2026 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players List
The Billboard 2026 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list is out today and Deborah Mannis-Gardner is featured in the Multisector category.
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Deborah Mannis-Gardner Selected for Ad Age Leading Women List
August 10, 2026 (Hockessin, DE) – Deborah Mannis-Gardner — Owner/President of DMG Clearances, Inc. and the “Queen of Sample Clearances” according to Billboard, Forbes, Variety, and more — has been selected to the 2026 Ad Age Leading Women list, which highlights senior executives who drive transformation inside their companies and across the industry. This award…
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Music Business Worldwide Guest Post: Why AI is sampling – and how that will affect the future
Music Business Worldwide published Deborah Mannis-Gardner’s newest op-ed titled “Why AI is sampling – and how that will affect the future” in which she argues that the music industry’s existing sample-clearance framework could be applied to AI licensing. AI is sampling. There, I said it. And as someone who’s been…
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Billboard Women In Music 2026 – Deborah Mannis-Gardner Honored
Deborah Mannis-Garnder was included in this year’s Billboard Women in music list in the multisector category! Congrats Deborah!
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The Biz & Beyond: Celebrating Women’s History Month – Featuring Deborah Mannis-Gardner
Women’s History Month is in full swing! Here at Jaybird, we’re celebrating with a series of in-depth conversations with some of our amazing clients and friends, who are quite literally making history across the music industry and beyond. In this episode, Ashley Friedman talks to the “Queen of Sample Clearances”…
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30 Years of DMG Clearances: The Albums
2026 marks the 30th anniversary of DMG Clearances, Inc., the company created by “Queen of Sample Clearances” Deborah Mannis-Gardner that has since grown into the go-to destination for global music rights clearances. Over the past three decades, Deborah and her team have worked to clear samples for thousands of albums,…
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Shoot: “Sinners” Tops Winners At The 16th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
Deborah Mannis-Gardner was mentioned in Shoot’s coverage of the 2026 Guild of Music Supervisor’s Awards where she won the award for Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries for Hip Hop Was Born Here Season 1. Best Music Supervision in a DocuseriesDeborah Mannis-GardnerHip Hop Was Born Here (Season 1)
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Billboard: ‘Sinners’ Is a Double Winner at 2026 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: Full Winners List
Deborah Mannis-Gardner was mentioned in Billboard’s coverage of the 2026 Guild of Music Supervisor’s Awards where she won the award for Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries for Hip Hop Was Born Here Season 1. Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries Linda Cohen – Mr. Scorsese Season 1 Ciara Elwis, Rochad Holiday,…
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Variety: ‘Sinners,’ ‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ Among Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners
Deborah Mannis-Gardner was mentioned in Variety’s coverage of the 2026 Guild of Music Supervisor’s Awards where she won the award for Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries for Hip Hop Was Born Here Season 1. Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries Deborah Mannis-Gardner, “Hip Hop Was Born Here” (Season 1)
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Deadline: ‘Sinners’ Takes Top Film Prize & Best Song At Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards – Winners List
Deborah Mannis-Gardner was mentioned in Deadline’s coverage of the 2026 Guild of Music Supervisor’s Awards where she won the award for Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries for Hip Hop Was Born Here Season 1. Best Music Supervision in a DocuseriesDeborah Mannis-GardnerHip Hop Was Born Here (Season 1)