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IMPALA LAUNCHES SECOND EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SURVEY AND TOOLKIT FOR THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC SECTOR

To kick off European Diversity Month, IMPALA is launching its second Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) survey for the independent music sector. The aim of the IMPALA survey is to provide a snapshot of how the sector deals with these issues, the key challenges it faces, as well as an assessment of how businesses and associations assess their own diversity and gain an overview of best practices, local developments and projects in the field of EDI.

ON EARTH DAY, CÉLINE LEPAGE, GENERAL MANAGER OF FÉLIN, DISCUSSES SUSTAINABLE RECORD RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES AND PLANS TO STRENGTHEN THE VISIBILITY OF INDEPENDENT ARTISTS IN THE LATEST EDITION OF IMPALA’S ‘FACES OF THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR’ STORYTELLING SERIES

As part of IMPALA’s Faces of the Independent Sector storytelling series, co-funded by the European Union, and celebrating our 25th anniversary, we are publishing the fifth interview in the series with Céline Lepage, general manager of FÉLIN, the French federation of independent labels and distributors, and team member of Born Bad Records.

NEW REPORT OUT – IMPALA DIGITAL FORWARD: ‘DIGITAL MARKETING FOR INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS PART 2 – MASTERING ON-PLATFORM STRATEGIES’

IMPALA is pleased to announce the release of its second report as part of our new Digital Forward project, co-funded by the European Union, titled: ‘Digital Marketing for Independent Record Labels PART 2 – Mastering On-Platform Strategies’. This report turns to what happens inside the streaming platforms themselves, looking at algorithms, geographic specificities, market penetration, platform tools, and more.

IMPALA RESPONDS TO THE SALE OF REVELATOR TO WMG

“It is testament to the innovation in the independent sector that Revelator has been bought by Warner. As we have consistently said, all independent businesses need good exit options. Big players are important in all markets, and we hope that this will see more competition among the majors. At the same time, the trend continues whereby labels and artists who made a conscious choice to go with an independent partner, now find themselves with a major and the independent ecosystem loses another chunk of its infrastructure. That’s bad news for artists, fans, and Europe’s diversity as whole…

LUCIANO WINTER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF STORMI CAPITAL, DISCUSSES FINANCING CHALLENGES AND SCALING OPPORTUNITIES AS PART OF IMPALA’S ‘FACES OF THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR’ STORYTELLING SERIES

As part of IMPALA’s Faces of the Independent Sector storytelling campaign, co-funded by the European Union, and celebrating our 25th anniversary, we are publishing the fourth interview in the series with Luciano Winter, founder and CEO of Stormi Capital, board member of the Dutch independent music association, STOMP.