PPL distributes £54m to performers and rights-holders as 2025 total hits £278m

PPL is paying £54.3 million to 147,000 performers and recording rights-holders today (December 17). The payments are either as direct members of PPL or indirectly through other collective management organisations (CMOs), including more than 8,500 first time payees. This final distribution of the year also includes revenue from VPL, which ...

BPI Council to hold elections for independent representatives

Warner Music Group promotes Eric Wong to EVP, Recorded Music

Nick Hartley retires as PIAS Group chief operating officer and chief financial officer

BRIT Trust reveals grant funding recipients for 2026

Warner India's Divo appoints Ashok Parwani as head of music

Digital media and music company Divo, which is majority owned by Warner Music India, has appointed Ashok Parwani as head of music. “The strategic move reinforces Divo’s ...

Alain Lanceron named chairman emeritus of Warner Classics & Erato

Veteran music executive Alain Lanceron has been named chairman emeritus of Warner Classics & Erato. Lanceron has worked for EMI Classics and Warner Classics for more than ...

Cherry Red acquires Gull Records, State Records and Uproar Entertainment catalogues

Cherry Red Records has acquired the catalogues of Gull Records, State Records and Uproar Entertainment. The deals expand the label’s repertoire in the pop, soul, comedy and rock ...

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