IFPI has launched the Streaming Integrity Initiative (SII), a new industry commitment to combat streaming fraud.
SII establishes a set of baseline practices for industry players to help prevent, ...
A broad spectrum of recorded music creators and companies around the world have announced a unified approach to voluntary track labeling to give fans clearer information about the use of ...
European independent music sector trade body IMPALA has proposed a new plan to deliver “deep systemic changes” to the digital music market.
With the sector about to ...
With 2026 well underway and plenty of industry developments taking effect, we present Music Week’s annual straw poll of what some of the biggest names in the game desire from ...
IMPALA’s Helen Smith has called on the music industry to “be ambitious” ahead of her keynote address at Eurosonic Noorderslag this week.
Smith will appear in conversation with Music ...
From shifts at the top of the major companies to big debates about AI, remuneration and the independent sector, it has been an incredibly busy 12 months. And that's before ...
IMPALA has elected a new board and set its priorities for the next two years.
The trade body’s (AGM) in Zagreb was hosted as part of RUNDA Digital Day, RUNDA ...
A new paper published by IMPALA predicts that the proposed Downtown acquisition by UMG’s Virgin Music carries “significant risks for both the quantity and diversity of independent releases”.
Entitled Universal/Downtown ...
The European commission has started its formal investigation into UMG’s acquisition of Downtown, with a provisional deadline of July 22 to reach an initial conclusion.
Downtown is home to ...
IMPALA has published a new report, Combating the Emergence of a Two-Tier Music Streaming Market. Analysing recent evolutions in the music streaming market, the report warns that a two-tier industry ...
