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Setlist Podcast: Grassroots venues need ticket levy to survive
Calls for government support for the grassroots live music industry as more venues and festivals close, and the next evolution of Kiss…
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Indie labels suggest delaying Spotify's royalty payout revamp to allow proper consultation
Indie label repping IMPALA has published a list of questions about Spotify’s plans to change the way it allocates revenue to each track each month - in particular seeking clarity on and proposing refinements for the new 1000 play threshold…
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IMPALA’s questions for Spotify over the changes it is making to its model
The European independent music community has lots of questions about the changes Spotify is making to the way it calculates what money is due to the record industry each month…
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European artist groups call on EU to address the ‘reciprocity’ problem created by the RAAP case
European performer unions and collecting societies, and indie label trade group IMPALA, have called on the EU to come forward with a solution to address what they see as a bad precedent set in a 2020 court case involving Irish performer society RAAP…
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Creator groups call for EU AI Act to retain strong transparency obligations
A number of groups representing creators from various art forms have called on lawmakers in Europe to ensure that the EU AI Act - now in the final phase of being negotiated - retains strong transparency obligations for AI companies…
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Setlist Podcast: The call for a UK ticket touting ban
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss the FanFair Alliance's call for a ban on ticket touring in the UK and criticism of Deezer’s new proposals for ‘artist-centric’ royalty payments…
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IMPALA comments on Deezer's "artist-centric" model
IMPALA has commented on Deezer’s new “artist-centric” model for allocating streaming royalties, expressing concern that it has been developed "in a vacuum" with only Universal Music being consulted…
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One Liners: ONErpm, Poppy, Explosions In The Sky, Shygirl + more
ONErpm’s Asian bases; SMACKSongs promotes Lee Krabel; ANMIP joins IMPALA; Study into representation of East and Southeast Asian people in UK music, new releases from Thundercat, Poppy, Actress, Explosions In The Sky, Cherry Glazerr and Casisdead; live shows from Shygirl and Camille O’Sullivan…
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One Liners: V, Cardi B x Megan Thee Stallion collab, Ed Sheeran + more
Kobalt signs Jake Torrey; IMPALA appoints new board; Ronnie Gurr joins Seabass Vinyl; new releases from BTS’s V, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, Busted, Wargasm and Fred Durst, Overmono, Baby Queen, and Ellur; live dates from Ed Sheeran and Keane…
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IMPALA updates its ten step streaming plan, asks “is the label share being undervalued?”
Pan-European indie label trade group IMPALA has updated its ten point plan to make streaming work, building on a document…
New code of conduct sets out to target the streaming stat scammers
The music industry has a long, proud history of developing, implementing and honing innovative, imaginative and occasionally ingenious ways of,…
IMPALA raises concerns over Sony bid for EMI label assets
Perhaps unsurprisingly, pan-European indie labels trade body IMPALA has questioned Sony Music’s involvement in a bid to buy some…