IMPALA RESTRUCTURES SECRETARIAT IN BRUSSELS AND WELCOMES NEW COMMUNICATION AND PROJECT ASSISTANT RORY BROWN

This Autumn, IMPALA announces the promotion of key employees and redistribution of roles as well as the appointment of Rory Brown as Communication and Project Assistant as part of the association’s restructuring following the departure of Didier Gosset and the organisation’s move to a new office earlier this year.

IMPALA’S DIGITAL HOUR WITH CMU – WEBINAR: REPORT ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES PT.II – 11/10 – 3PM CET

IMPALA and CMU are launching the second of two One Step Ahead reports exploring the impact of new technologies on the music industry. This time, putting the spotlight on Web3, NFTs and the metaverse. The new report will be out soon but you can already register to our webinar taking place on 11/10 at 3pm CET where we’ll present the reports’ findings.

IMPALA RECOGNISES DIDIER GOSSET AT REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INDEPENDENT MUSIC

Didier Gosset receives IMPALA’s prestigious Outstanding Contribution Award during the association’s annual meeting in Hamburg.

IMPALA AND AUDIOSALAD ANNOUNCE EUROPE-WIDE PARTNERSHIP

IMPALA is delighted to announce a new partnership with U.S. based tech company AudioSalad as part of joining the Friends of IMPALA programme for strategic businesses in the music sector.

IMPALA’S DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FREE TRAINING FOR MEMBERS – 29/09 10AM CET

This session will focus on ‘Inclusive Practices for your Music Business’. The agenda will cover: Inclusive Recruitment Practice (Arit, 1 hour, same session as in January 2021), and How to Create an EDI Policy Step by Step (Vick, 2 hours). It is open to all IMPALA members and it is free!

NORWEGIAN TRADE BODY FONO RECEIVES IMPALA’S OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD

FONO receives IMPALA’s Outstanding Contribution Award for its great work in the Norwegian and European independent music sector at its annual meeting, celebrating its 40th anniversary.

IMPALA LAUNCHES NEW CLIMATE PROJECT CO-FUNDED BY THE EU

Later this month, IMPALA will be launching the first planned activities of its new Climate Training and Standards project IMPACTS. This EU funded project aims to build new climate literacy capacity for independent music companies across Europe to help them lower their carbon footprint.

IMPALA LAUNCHES MEMBER SURVEY ON COLLECTING SOCIETIES

Today, IMPALA launched a member survey on collecting societies.

The survey, prepared by our collecting society committee, aims to gather feedback from IMPALA’s members across Europe on how they rate their respective collecting societies.

IMPALA POINTS TO STREAMING REFORM AND FRENCH INDUSTRY AGREEMENT AS IT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST EQUITABLE REMUNERATION

With several countries still to implement the 2019 EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, IMPALA urges governments to implement article 17 and the performer provisions swiftly and faithfully according to the text of the directive.

IMPALA OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD GOES TO KEES VAN WEIJEN

IMPALA’s summer honours go to President of STOMP and former IMPALA president Kees van Weijen for his outstanding contribution to the European independent music sector