The Recording Academy announced on Wednesday that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is a posthumous recipient of a Special Merit Grammy award, while a software company in Budapest, Hungary has taken the wraps off a six-and-a-half-foot-tall memorial bronze statue of Jobs.



From Apple Insider:

The Recording Academy announced on Wednesday its 2012 Special Merit Awards recipients, including the LifeTime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical Grammy Award.

Jobs was joined by R&B legend Dave Bartholomew and jazz recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder in receiving the Trustees Award, which recognizes "outstanding contributions to the industry in a nonperforming capacity."

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