IMPALA STATEMENT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S INVESTIGATION INTO UMG’S ACQUISITION OF DOWNTOWN – THE KEY CONCLUSIONS TO DRAW
Following the European Commission’s decision on UMG/Downtown, IMPALA underlines its key conclusions from the process, as well as the challenges and opportunities for the future in terms of the market and sector regulation.
JOINT CALL FOR A STRONG BUDGET AND AN AMBITIOUS SECTORAL APPROACH FOR MUSIC WITHIN THE FUTURE AGORAEU PROGRAMME
We, the undersigned organisations from across Europe’s music ecosystem, call on the EU institutions to adopt a sector-specific strategic approach for European music, with increased funding, alongside the horizontal actions in the future AgoraEU programme 2028-2034.
NEW REPORT STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF CULTURALLY DIVERSE AND INDEPENDENT EUROPEAN MUSIC ECOSYSTEM FOR EUROPE’S ECONOMY, SOVEREIGNTY AND DEMOCRACY. CALLS FOR INVESTMENT, TARGETED REGULATORY OVERSIGHT AND SECTOR COLLABORATION
The ability of Europe and the music sector to sustain a diverse and competitive ecosystem is the subject of a new report, ‘Powering an Independent and Culturally Diverse European Music Ecosystem’, published today.
KRISTIYANA GEORGIEVA OF THE BULGARIAN INDEPENDENT MUSIC ASSOCIATION, ANMIP, TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN THE SECOND EDITION OF IMPALA’S ‘FACES OF THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR’
As part of IMPALA’s Faces of the Independent Sector storytelling campaign celebrating our 25th anniversary, and co-funded by the European Union, we are pleased to publish the second interview in the series with Kristiyana Georgieva, Project Manager at the Bulgarian independent music association, ANMIP.
MERLIN AND PIPELINE ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO DELIVER ADVANCES FOR MERLIN MEMBERS
Merlin, the digital music licensing partner for the world’s leading independent labels and distributors, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with Pipeline, a specialist provider of innovative financing solutions for the independent music sector.
DIGITAL FORWARD: 28TH JANUARY – DIGITAL MARKETING FOR INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS: THE IMPORTANCE OF ON-PLATFORM STRATEGIES
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.
WIN ELECTS NEW BOARD, APPOINTS NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIRS IN 20th ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), the international network that brings together the global independent music community, has appointed its new board of directors for 2026, with Mark Kitcatt, CEO of Everlasting Records (Spain), as its new chair.
MERLIN AND UDIO PARTNER TO ADVANCE AI FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC
Merlin, the digital music licensing partner for the world’s leading independent labels and distributors, today announced a new landmark partnership with Udio, an AI-powered music creation platform.
IMPALA EDI ONLINE ROUNDTABLE WITH CHANGEMAKER MEWEM (FRANCE & GERMANY) ON LEADERSHIP & TALENT DEVELOPMENT ONLINE
The EDI taskforce is pleased to invite you to a one-hour online roundtable linked to the Changemaker Award 2025, with a focus on the work of this year’s winner, MEWEM (Germany and France).
OPEN LETTER FROM WIN TO EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER DOMBROVSKIS: “EUROPE AS A BEACON OF FAIR COMPETITION”
With just a few weeks until the European Commission’s final decision on the Universal/Downtown deal, WIN wrote to Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis to warn that the proposed remedies will not mitigate the grave risk that the merger poses to fair competition in the music market, and reiterate that the deal must be blocked outright.