IMPALA WELCOMES PUBLICATION OF EUROPEAN REGULATOR’S DECISION ON SONY/EMI MERGER
The European Commission has released a non-confidential version of its decision on Sony/EMI earlier today, explaining its approval of the Sony/EMI publishing merger on 19th April, subject to remedies.
AS CARO EMERALD HITS TRIPLE PLATINUM, OVER 100 RELEASES BY INDEPENDENT ARTISTS INCLUDING SELAH SUE…. PICK UP IMPALA EUROPEAN SALES AWARDS, WITH ADELE’S 21 REACHING AN INCREDIBLE TWENTY FIVE TIMES PLATINUM
The latest batch of IMPALA Sales Awards is one of the biggest ever, with 111 registrations from across Europe for new awards from Silver through to multi-Platinum.
IMPALA WELCOMES EC CONFIRMATION THAT IT WILL MOVE TO THE “NEXT STAGE” IN UNIVERSAL/EMI INVESTIGATION
In a speech this morning about anti-trust enforcement, the EC Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia confirmed that it would be moving to the “next stage” in its investigation in the Universal/EMI merger.
NEW STUDY QUANTIFIES THE VALUE CONSUMERS PLACE ON COPYING MUSIC WHEN BUYING NEW DEVICES
IMPALA welcomes new quantitative research which demonstrates the commercial value placed by consumers, when buying devices, on the ability of such devices to play music copied from CDs. The study also looked at what data consumers find most valuable to back up when using cloud services.
EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER STANDS UP FOR COPYRIGHT, SEPARATING MYTH FROM REALITY
IMPALA welcomes European Commissioner Barnier’s most recent commitment to copyright. Still available in French only, the Commissioner responsible for intellectual property was keen to debunk the myths surrounding copyright and make the reality clear.
MOST SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT MUSIC IN EUROPE SO FAR IN 2012, NEW DOWNLOAD AND AIRPLAY CHARTS PUBLISHED BY NIELSEN AND IMPALA
Following on from last month’s launch of pan-European independent charts with the publication of the 2011 Top 20 for both radio airplay and digital downloads, IMPALA and Nielsen continue their partnership with the release of airplay and download charts for the first quarter of 2012.
INTERNATIONAL UNIONS COME OUT AGAINST EMI/UNIVERSAL MERGER
In the context of the American musicians’ unions coming out this week in support of the Universal/EMI deal, it is worth noting that the International Musicians Union FIM took a strong stance against the Universal/EMI merger more than a month ago
IMPALA OBJECTS TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION APPROVAL OF SONY/ATV’S ACQUISITION OF EMI PUBLISHING
The European Commission today announced that it has approved Sony/ATV’s attempt to purchase EMI’s publishing arm. This follows an extension of the initial Phase 1 investigation, during which Sony submitted and then revised an offer of remedies in a bid to deal with the problems cited by the European regulator, who said it had serious doubts about the merger.
PRIVATE COPYING REMUNERATION – NEW STUDY HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE IMPACT
Removal of private copying remuneration would be detrimental not only to rightholders, but also to manufacturers and consumers, according to a new study published by Compass Lexecon.
MERLIN AGREES SETTLEMENT OF INFRINGEMENT CLAIM WITH SIRIUS
Merlin agrees settlement of infringement claim with Sirius.