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EUROPEAN ARTIST AND LABEL GROUPS SUPPORT EC ACTION TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF RIGHTS PROTECTION WORLDWIDE

Artist and label groups in Europe, and our counterparts in the USA and other parts of the world: we all have a shared interest in maximising the revenue of artists.

MUSIC COMMUNITY INTRODUCES NEW LABELLING PROGRAMME TO DISTINGUISH GENERATIVE AI IN SOUND RECORDINGS

Today, IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, The Grammys, SAG-AFTRA & Human Artistry Campaign, representing a broad spectrum of recorded music creators and companies around the world, announced a unified approach to voluntary track labelling to give fans clearer information about the use of generative AI (GenAI) in sound recordings.

ONE BILLION SUBSCRIBERS AND COUNTING: IMPALA PROPOSES NEW PLAN TO TRANSFORM THE DIGITAL MUSIC MARKET

IMPALA, the independent music sector trade body in Europe, has issued a new plan to transform the digital music market. Referring to the fact that the sector is about to reach one billion subscribers on streaming services, IMPALA notes this is “something to celebrate” and at the same time flags that there is significant potential for the market to become “larger, fairer, more diverse and transparent.”

MUSIC CLIMATE PACT PARTNERS WITH DEEZER TO PUBLISH ‘SOUND CHOICES’: 10 EASY TIPS FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE MUSIC STREAMING

The Music Climate Pact (MCP) has teamed up with music streaming service Deezer to publish Sound Choices – a best practise guide on how all of us as music fans can reduce the impact our streaming has on the environment without lessening the listening experience we all cherish.

WIN LAUNCHES GLOBAL DIRECTORY OF MUSIC LICENSING COMPANIES

Alianza de Discográficas Independientes de Colombia (ALDISCO) has officially joined the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), the global network of trade associations that represent thousands of independent music businesses worldwide.

CAROLINE HANSEN (WARP RECORDS) OUTLINES HOW THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR CAN LEAD THE WAY IN REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL MUSIC IN THE LATEST EDITION OF IMPALA’S ‘FACES OF THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR’

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 sharing the seventh interview in the series with Caroline Hansen, Head of Operations at Warp Records, IMPALA sustainability task force member and co-chair of the Music Climate Pact digital working group.

DIGITAL FORWARD WEBINAR: 30TH JUNE – DIGITAL MARKETING FOR INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS: CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVENESS, MEASUREMENT & REPORTING

Join the next Digital Forward webinar from CMU and IMPALA where we will explore how independent labels can leverage streaming platform tools to market releases.