In the new issue of Music Week we deliver a very special report looking at the threat posed by piracy to the music business.
While many believe that piracy was ...
PPL PRS MD Suzanne Smith is stepping down after almost two years in the role.
PPL and PRS for Music have announced that Smith is leaving the performance rights JV, the ...
Michelle Escoffery has joined the PRS Board as writer director.
The songwriter, who has worked with Tina Turner, All Saints, Beverley Knight, Artful Dodger, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder and George ...
The MPA Group has named Paul Clements as Jane Dyball’s successor at the MPA Group.
After five years in the post, Dyball is stepping down as CEO after implementing a ...
PRS For Music CEO Robert Ashcroft has announced that he is stepping down on the 10th anniversary of his appointment, at the end of 2019.
The society has been transformed ...
PRS For Music has signed up as an event sponsor of the Music Week Women In Music Awards. The completely sold-out, fifth edition of the star-studded ceremony that celebrates ...
The long-running dispute between the BBC and PRS For Music and the MCPS has been resolved with a new deal for the corporation’s blanket licence, Music Week can reveal.
The ...
The UK music industry grew by 2% in 2017 to contribute a record £4.5 billion to the economy, according to a study by UK Music.
The organisation’s Measuring Music ...
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, PRS for Music, GEMA and Solar have extended their agreement for the management of pan-European licences, which cover Sony/ATV and EMI Music Publishing’s Anglo-American repertoire.
Sony/ATV has ...
Leading figures from dance music and clubs have backed the introduction of music recognition technology as part of the licensing process.
More dance music creators are set to receive royalties ...
