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Company of the Month: Third Side Music
“We treat artists as partners and not commodities, and have built a successful kind of enclave where they can succeed, both creatively and financially.” - TSM Co-founders Patrick Curley and Jeff Waye Third Side Music Celebrates 20 Years of Global Success As Third Side...
IMPF is delighted to welcome our New Friends and Supporters
IMPF is pleased to announce that Beam For Music, BumaStemra, Muserk, Sesac Music Group and ZAiKS have joined IMPF’s rapidly growing Friends & Supporters programme. Please see the Press Release here.
IMPF joins a broad coalition of rightsholders across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the AI Act implementation measures
IMPF stands with our coalition of European and global authors, performers, publishers, producers and other rightsholder organisations, to express our dissatisfaction with the published GPAI Code of Practice, the GPAI Guidelines, and the Template for disclosure of a...
Company of the Month: Cymba Music Publishing
Based in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, with a satellite office based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Cymba Music Publishing is a creatively minded, boutique music publishing company. Our company is driven by a vision elevating evolving artists, invigorating...
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IMPF welcomes BMI to the Friends and Supporters Category
IMPF welcomes BMI to the Friends and Supporters category. See the Press Release here.
IMPF welcomes Canadian Music Rights Organization, SOCAN to Friends and Supporters Category
IMPF welcomes Canadian Music Rights Organization, SOCAN to the Friends and Supporter category. See the Press Release here.
IMPF has elected a new College of members to its Board at the 2024 General Assemblies in Dublin.
6 new publishers elected to IMPF Board Rosa M. Vizcaíno Gómez, Emily Stephenson, Claudia Mescoli, Cecilia Léon Rodrigo, Tatjana Bukvić and Denise Andrikopoulou were newly elected at the 2024 General Assembly in Dublin today. The full list of IMPF Board members for...
IMPF launches 4th edition of Global Market View for Independent Music Publishing
IMPF has launched the fourth edition of the Global Market View for Independent Music Publishing. Available here and sponsored by Musixmatch, it is the only report that looks exclusively at the independent music publishing industry and its international impact and...
Company of the Month: FAAR Music
FAAR Music is an independent music publishing, record label and management company run by a group of like-minded musicians and music entrepreneurs – Kertu Mägar, Fred Krieger, Stig Rästa, and Vallo Kikas. FAAR Music works with 13 songwriters and producers, operating...
IMPF Statement on today’s vote on the EU AI Act
IMPF, and creators and rightsholders everywhere, welcome the approval of the EU AI Act by the European Parliament. We applaud the MEPs for the crucial role they have played in supporting us throughout this process. The EU AI Act is a world-first legislation regulating...
IMPF welcomes UBC to Friends and Supporters category
IMPF is pleased to welcome UBC as a new Friend and Supporter. See the press release here.
IMPF Statement on approval of AI ACT
IMPF Statement from Annette Barrett, IMPF President, on approval of the AI ACT.
IMPF calls on the Member States of the European Union to approve the AI act
IMPF and its membership of independent music publishing companies worldwide along with over 200 cultural and creative organisations calls on the Member States of the European Union to show global leadership and approve the AI Act at the COREPER meeting on 2 February....
EMERGE Project launched at ESNS
The EMERGE project was launched today at ESNS - IMPF is a partner and sits on the EMERGE Advisory Board. On Thursday 18th January, IMPF sat on the Advisory Board and was represented by Katja Jainski-Manteuffel, Vice President Marketing & Synch Licensing Budde...
IMPF Statement Congratulating MEP Ibán García del Blanco
Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF) Congratulates MEP Ibán García del Blanco and the European Parliament on today's vote and commitment.
IMPF welcomes Abramus to Friends and Supporters category
IMPF welcomes Abramus to the Friends and Supporters category. See the press release here.
IMPF welcomes political agreement on AI Act
See the Commission Press Release here.
Company of the Month: Massive Music Entertainment
Massive Music Entertainment (MME) is an Independent Music Publisher from Indonesia, founded by composers, run by composers, to serve composers. MME manage 1,200+ composers with 11,000+ songs while being the number 1 leading market share for local catalogue in...
IMPF music publisher members benefit from Creative Europe’s support in fostering cultural diversity and economic growth.
IMPF are delighted to be joining the AIMP Atlanta and Friends Creative and Business Summit this week. See the programme details here. The following IMPF members will be attending the four day event thanks to funding from Creative Europe under the IMPF Network...
Global creators’ collections grow by a record 26.7% to EUR12.1 billion in 2022
Just released, the CISAC Global Collections Report showing a 28% increase in global music royalty collections in 2022, and a 27% increase in royalties for all repertoires. Digital has for the first time become the biggest source of royalties, overtaking TV and...
More than 350 industry professionals attend IMPF Summit and Songwriting Camp in Palma
See news article from Music Week here.
Independent music publishers propose ethical guidelines to AI developers
200 of the world’s leading publishers aim to foster a transparent, collaborative relationship with AI tech companies. See the Press Release here.
IMPF condemns attacks on Israeli citizens
In a statement issued today in Palma at the “Global Music Entrepreneurial and Creative Industry Summit “IMPF strongly condemns the attacks on Israeli citizens and towns by Hamas terrorists. We are particularly appalled at the images emanating from what was a peaceful...
IMPF welcomes Curve to the Friends and Supporters category
IMPF welcomes Curve to the Friends and Supporters category. See the Press Release here.
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