One Liners: Au/Ra, Ingrooves, Stabbing Westward, more
Round-up of acquisitions, appointments, label launches and new releases, including Ingrooves' acquisition of Alda and Reservoir's Travis Tritt catalogue deal.…
Au/Ra
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Glover joins Compact
Artist manager John Glover has joined independent rights collection society Compact Collection, where he will work to grow revenues for its clients.…
PPL announce record revenues
Recording royalties body PPL has reported year-end results with licence fee income up 13% and net revenue distributed to artists and labels up 11.8%.…
PPL reveals new structure after merger with PAMRA and AURA
Recording rights body PPL has revealed its new structure following its merger with PAMRA and AURA, with chief Fran Nevrkla saying overseas performer income must grow.…
PPL merger completion, new appointments
PPL has completed its merger with PAMRA and AURA, and appointed Keith Harris as Director of Performer Affairs and Sue Carty as Director of Member and Performer Services.…
OFT approves PPL merger with PAMRA and AURA
The Office Of Fair Trading has cleared a proposed merger between PPL, PAMRA and AURA, which must now be approved by each society's members.…
MMF workshops on royalties
The Music Managers Forum is hosting two training workshops on publishing and recording royalties, with panels drawn from collection societies on 21 and 22 Jun.…
Blur, Travis and Robbie among the artists affected by AURA fall-out
Blur, Travis and Robbie Williams are reportedly among artists affected by around £700,000 missing from AURA's accounts after its director was dismissed.…
Aura investigate former membership secretary
Aura has dismissed membership secretary Peter Horrey over financial irregularities, secured a High Court injunction freezing his assets and filed a lawsuit to recover missing funds.…