IMPALA INTERVIEW WITH MARK KITCATT (EVERLASTING RECORDS)

In this interview originally published in Music Week, IMPALA met with Spanish record label Everlasting Records founder Mark Kitcatt to discuss Guadalupe Plata winning the IMPALA European Album of the Year award, what’s in store for Everlasting Records and what it is like to run an indie label in Spain nowadays.

CW! WELCOMES THE CLOSURE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE REVIEW OF THE EU COPYRIGHT RULES

Creativity Works! welcomes the closure today of the European Commission’s consultation on the review of EU copyright rules. Amongst the thousands of responses received by the Commission in recent weeks are those from industries within the creative sector representing thousands of companies and millions of creators and workers from across the EU, whose businesses and livelihoods depend upon copyright and its effective protection.

EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR – 24 ALBUMS MAKE IT TO IMPALA’S SHORTLIST

Following its successful launch three years ago, the IMPALA European Independent Album of the Year Award is back for its fourth edition.

LEADING INDEPENDENT DANCE LABEL ARMADA MUSIC AND ITS FOUNDER ARMIN VAN BUUREN HONOURED BY IMPALA OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD

Leading independent dance label Armada Music and its founder DJ Armin van Buuren honoured by IMPALA Outstanding Contribution Award

MERLIN’S CEO CHARLES CALDAS ON INDIES, STREAMING AND THE MARKET SHARE ISSUE (OP-ED)

Merlin’s CEO Charles Caldas on Indies, Streaming and the Market Share Issue (Op-Ed)

EVERY VOICE COUNTS – IMPALA CALLS ON WHOLE MUSIC SECTOR TO SPEAK UP ON COPYRIGHT IN EUROPE

With four weeks to go until Europe closes a public consultation on the relationship between copyright and the digital age, independent music companies call on everyone involved with music to make their voice heard.

CREATIVITY WORKS! WELCOMES OHIM STUDY ON CITIZENS AND IP

Cultural and creative organisations, grouped under the ‘Creativity Works!’ banner, welcome the publication today of an EU study1 that shows that citizens view intellectual property and its social and economic contribution positively.

GLOBAL RIGHTS AGENCY, MERLIN, ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF ITS BIENNIAL BOARD ELECTION

Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector, has announced the results of its biennial board election.
The vote attracted the highest ever number of candidates, with Merlin members determining the make-up of the 15-seat board.

MERLIN CEO CHARLES CALDAS: WHY WE HAVEN’T REACHED DIGITAL MUSIC’S GOLDEN ERA

Hypothetically, digital music fans should currently be living through a golden era. But short-sighted interests could be leading us into a dysfunctional new era of the music business instead.

EUROPEAN CREATIVE ORGANISATIONS LAUNCH CREATIVITY WORKS! COALITION IN BRUSSELS

Like-minded organisations, federations and associations from the European cultural and creative sectors have formed a coalition: Creativity Works!.