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Company of the Month: Strictly Confidential
Founded in 1987 Strictly Confidential was initially launched as the publishing arm of the [PIAS] Group. Whilst still maintaining strong links to PIAS, Strictly Confidential has, over the years, evolved into a separate company and is now firmly established as one of...

EY Study – Rebuilding Europe: the cultural and creative economy before and after Covid-19
IMPF is very pleased to have supported the attached study commissioned by GESAC on the state of the cultural and creative industries in Europe and how the sector can be part of the solution to the economic recovery post-Covid. The report reveals how cultural and...

Company of the Week: 22D Music Group
Since 2003, 22D Music Group is an independent music rights management company with a special focus on music rights of audiovisual industries with worldwide coverage. Headquartered in Paris, 22D Music Group is a direct member of the major collection societies and an...

European Rightsholders Letter on German Draft Transposition of Article 17
A letter signed by IMPF along with a group of organisations representing a broad range of creative and media industries across the European Union has recently been issued to Minister Grütters. The letter expresses serious concerns regarding the draft law on the...
NEWS ARCHIVE
The Ivors Academy and IMPF, the Independent Music Publishers International Forum enter into new alliance to strengthen ties between music creators and publishers
The Covid-19 pandemic has created a global crisis for the music sector and creative industries, exposing the need to accelerate reform to ensure that music creators and publishers can continue to thrive during this period of disruption. The changes we are undergoing...
$250 million JobMaker plan to restart Australia’s creative economy
MEDIA RELEASE 25 June 2020 Prime Minister, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety, and the Arts - Australia Thousands of jobs across Australia’s arts industry will be backed with a new $250 million targeted package to help restart the creative economy and get the...
Company of the week: GL Music Entertainment
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, GL Music Entertainment is one of the biggest Scandinavian independent music publishing, production and artist development companies. Having the GL founders originating from the creative side of the music industry by being producers and...
IMPF Joint Sector call on Member States and the European Parliament
IMPF calls on Member States and the European Parliament: to invest in culture and the #NextGeneration that we really care about the future. Joint sector call - Investing in Europe’s next generation by investing in culture.
Company of the week: Red Brick Songs/Casablanca Media Publishing
Based out of Toronto, Canada, Red Brick Songs/Casablanca Media Publishing started out of a passion for music. We are a full-service music publisher that discovers and supports songwriters. We share and support their musical talent, and create opportunities that...
EU response to Cultural Creative Sector Joint Call
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel responds to Call from Cultural Creative Sector. Letter from Commissioner Mariya Gabriel.
Cultural and Creative Sector Call: Time to put words into Action!
Europe’s cultural and creative sectors CCS Joint Call Covid-19 for ambitious EU budgetary measures to get through the Covid-19 crisis.
Music sector joins together to call for EU and national investment to address current crisis and promote diversity
Music is one of the first sectors hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. It will also be one of the last. As borders close, venues as well as festivals suspend their activities, performances are cancelled, group activity is stopped, shops close, and new releases...
IMPF Press Release 4 April 2020
Please click the link below. PRESS RELEASE 4 April 2020
COVID-19 IMPF Statement
Friends and colleagues, we write to you in these difficult times to offer moral support and to say we are reviewing how we can be of any practical support to you, members of the indie music publishing community globally during these months. We are very aware of the...
IMPF Annual Report 2019
Please click below to view. ANNUAL REPORT IMPF 2019
Joint letter for an increased budget for Creative Europe 2021-2027
Creative Europe Programme 2021-2017 . Investing in our culture is investing in our future. Open letter to EU leaders from Europe’s cultural and creative sectors. Dear President of the European Council, Dear Member States representatives, We are writing as a...
IMPF becomes a respresentative association in the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights
OBSERVATORY - The Director Alicante, 8 November 2019 OBD/PM/AP/SR/ml - DIN0082452831 Mr Pierre Mossiat President of the Boards of Directors Independent Music Publishers International Forum, IMPF St Laurent street 3.6-38, 1000 Brussels Belgium By email:...
IMPF Press Release 7 June 2019
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IMPF Breakfast at Midem June 2019
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Joint Statement on the Copyright Directive
Brussels, 20 February 2019 JOINT STATEMENT ON THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE We, the undersigned organisations, representing authors, composers, writers, journalists, photographers and others working in all artistic fields, news agencies, book, press and music publishers,...
Grave Concerns regarding SGAE Governance Article 159 ñ
Ilmo. Sr. D. José Guirao Plaza del Rei, 1 28004 Madrid Bruselas, Feb 14 2019 On behalf of IMPF, the forum which is constituted by independent music publishing companies internationally, and, as on previous occasions, we are again writing to express the latest concern...
Joint Statement of Creators and Writers on the Copyright Directive
Brussels, 11 February 2019 Time to improve and adopt the Copyright Directive Distinguished trilogue negotiators, We, the undersigned organisations representing authors, performers, and others working in all artistic fields, news agencies, book, press and independent...
Cultural & Creative Sectors sign open letter on the Horizon Europe Proposal
Dear Sir or Madam, We are writing to you as a group of organisations from across the cultural and creative sectors in the framework of the ongoing discussions on the ‘Horizon Europe’ proposal. We firmly believe that the new Framework Programme for Research and...
Letter to the Spanish Ministry regarding the functioning of SGAE
Ilmo. Sr. D. José Guirao Plaza del Rei, 1 28004 Madrid Bruselas, Septiembre 27, 2018 Excelentísimo Sr. Ministro de Cultura, En nombre de IMPF y en representación del colectivo Internacional de la Edición Musical Independiente deseamos expresar nuestra preocupación por...
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