IMPALA ATTENDS “INDEPENDENT MUSIC DAY” ORGANISED BY ANPM, POLAND’S ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC COMPANIES
IMPALA’s President Kees van Weijen took part in the “Independent Music Day” conference in Warsaw, organised by Poland’s newly established and fast-growing alliance of independent music companies, which already counts 35 members.
WINTEL 2018 ANNOUNCES NEW GLOBAL MARKET SHARE ANALYSIS OF THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC SECTOR
WINTEL 2018 is the third report produced for Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), mapping the global market share of the independent sector at copyright, rather than distribution level.
EUROPEAN INDEPENDENTS CONGRATULATE SUGAR MUSIC FOR BOCELLI’S SUCCESS
IMPALA, the European organisation of Independent music companies in Europe, congratulated Sugar Music and its team for the extraordinary achievement of a number 1 in the album charts at the same time in the USA and the UK with Andrea Bocelli’s “Si”.
JOINT MUSIC SECTOR STATEMENT: YOUTUBE’S FACT FREE FEAR-MONGERING
YouTube’s campaign against Article 13 of the Copyright Directive shows a lack of respect for the EU democratic process of law making. The revisions to the Directive have been under discussion for over four years already and the three main institutions of the European Union have all given their position.
HOW EU COPYRIGHT REFORM WILL GIVE THE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM A BOOST
As things heat up again on the copyright directive, IMPALA’s Executive Chair Helen Smith speaks out. The Financial Times has given IMPALA the lead letter slot today to reply to YT’s CEO opinion piece posted in the FT earlier this week.
BOOSTING CREATIVE EUROPE – A JOINT CALL FROM 80 ORGANISATIONS
Dear Member of the European Parliament,
We are writing as a group of 80 organisations from across the cultural and creative sectors ahead of the plenary vote on the next EU MFF 2021-2027 on 14th November.
IMPALA’S EXECUTIVE CHAIR WINS STOMP INDEPENDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
STOMP is delighted to give its STOMP Independent of the Year Award to Helen Smith, Executive Chair of IMPALA – the Independent Music Companies Association – in recognition of her exceptional efforts to represent the independent music sector and help it grow. The award was handed out to her by STOMP’s chairman Kees van Weijen in person yesterday during STOMP’s Annual General Meeting.
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS’ CALL TO BOOST CREATIVE EUROPE
Dear Members of the European Parliament,
We are writing as a group of 59 organisations from across the cultural and creative sectors ahead of today’s vote of the Budget committee on the next EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027.
INDEPENDENT MUSIC COMPANIES SLAM DECISION TO GREEN LIGHT THE SONY/EMI MERGER
Sony’s move from joint to sole control of EMI Music Publishing has been approved today by the European regulator. This take-over allows Sony to double its catalogue of songs (from 2.16m to 4.21m compositions).
RESEARCH REVEALS SONY’S POST-MERGER POWER OVER NATIONAL MUSIC CHARTS IN EUROPE
Analysis of national music charts for 2017 carried out across key European countries raises further concerns about the true impact of Sony’s take-over of EMI Music Publishing. Control of national charts is the test the EC uses when it examines mergers in the music market.