PRS, GEMA and STIM join forces for pan-European licensing hub

PRS for Music has formed a major collaboration with STIM in Sweden and GEMA in Germany that it hopes will ...

by Tom Pakinkis
on Jun 17th 2013 at 10:37AM

£500k Momentum Music artist development fund launched

PRS for Music foundation and Arts Council England have launched the Momentum Music Fund: a £500,000 investment to develop the ...

by Tina Hart
on May 17th 2013 at 12:20PM

John Mottram appointed PRS for Music Public Affairs Manager

PRS for Music appointed its new Public Affairs manager, John Mottram.

MCPS sells shares to PRS

Mechanical royalty collection society MCPS has sold its shares to PRS For Music as part of a wider restructure at ...

by Tim Ingham
on Apr 18th 2013 at 8:55AM

Commercial radio strikes 'modernised' licensing deal with PRS for Music

Commercial radio companies have agreed a new, “modernised” licensing deal with PRS for Music, which includes rights for radio broadcast, ...

by Tom Pakinkis
on Apr 15th 2013 at 11:19AM

PRS banks £35m from sale of London offices Gated Content

PRS for Music chief executive Robert Ashcroft says the organisation is under no immediate pressure to find a new home ...

by Paul Willams
on Apr 11th 2013 at 12:37PM

PRS for Music revenue up 1.7% in 2012

PRS for Music income rose by 1.7% last year to a record £646.4m as online royalties surpased £50m annually for ...

by Paul Willams
on Apr 4th 2013 at 8:03AM

Queen honoured with PRS For Music Heritage Award

Queen have been honoured with a PRS for Music Heritage Award, with a commemorative plaque unveiled at Imperial College, the ...

by Tina Hart
on Mar 6th 2013 at 10:07AM

Queen to be honoured with PRS for Music Heritage Award

by Tom Pakinkis
on Feb 20th 2013 at 3:50PM

PRS for Music launches new electronic music initiative

PRS for Music has introduced a new initiative which aims to bring together electronic music writers, producers, publishers and labels ...

by Tina Hart
on Feb 11th 2013 at 3:01PM

PRS for Music appoints new Chief Economist

PRS for Music has appointed Maurice Samuel as its new chief economist.

by Tom Pakinkis
on Feb 6th 2013 at 11:15AM

PRS for Music adds Warp and Nettwerk One to indie publisher ranks

PRS for Music has announced the addition of Warp Music Ltd and Nettwerk One Music Ltd to its Independent Music ...

by Tom Pakinkis
on Jan 31st 2013 at 11:55AM

PRS and NCB joint venture now in 9 countries

Network of Music Partners (NMP), the new name for the joint venture between Nordic Copyright Bureau (NCB) and PRS for ...

Global Repertoire Database 'first release' now scheduled for 2015

Progress on the creation of a Global Repertoire Database has “moved ahead strongly over the past 12 months” but is ...

by Tom Pakinkis
on Jan 24th 2013 at 3:22PM

JLS voted 'Hardest Working Group of 2012' by PRS for Music

JLS have been revealed as the heardest working group of 2012 by PRS for Music for the second consecutive year.

by Tina Hart
on Jan 21st 2013 at 9:35AM

PRS for Music Foundation to run new music talent development fund

The PRS For Music Foundation is to run a new Music Industry Talent Development Fund being launched by Arts Council ...

by Rhian Jones
on Jan 18th 2013 at 2:48PM

BBC Radio Cymru cuts Welsh language music output following royalties dispute

BBC Radio Cymru has been forced to change its playlists after losing the rights to thousands of Welsh-language songs in ...

by Tina Hart
on Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:23AM

Top 50 Christmas songs revealed by PRS for Music

PRS for Music has published the Top 50 most played Christmas songs in the past year – with The Pogues’ ...

by Tom Pakinkis
on Dec 13th 2012 at 10:31AM

Music industry warns Government against copyright law changes

Organisations representing a number of UK creators and businesses including music’s AIM, BPI, PRS for Music, PPL and UK Music ...

by Tom Pakinkis
on Dec 4th 2012 at 3:33PM

PRS for Music launches new code of conduct

PRS for Music has launched a revised Code of Conduct for its 95,000 music creator members and over 350,000 existing ...

by Tina Hart
on Dec 3rd 2012 at 1:19PM

MCPS broadcast commission rates to rise, society predicts 'significant 2012 losses'

Broadcast commission rates are to increase 1.25% for MCPS UK and Ireland Board members from June 2013, after MCPS is ...

by Rhian Jones
on Nov 27th 2012 at 10:48AM

PRS welcomes Copyright Hub progress

Collection society PRS has applauded steps taken today to begin implementation of Dr. Richard Hooper's recommendations surrounding a new copyright ...

by Tim Ingham
on Nov 20th 2012 at 2:08PM

PRS licences Google Play in Europe

PRS for Music has licensed cloud-based music service Google Play, which launches in Europe this week.

by Tim Ingham
on Nov 14th 2012 at 10:15AM

British music revenue abroad has doubled since 2002

PRS for Music has announced that revenue from British music used abroad has doubled since 2002.

by Tom Pakinkis
on Oct 19th 2012 at 9:56AM