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Take Five - Edition V
Following four extremely successful editions, The Jerwood Charitable Foundation and the PRS Foundation for New Music (PRSF) are pleased to welcome additional support from the Arts Council England and the Musicians Benevolent Fund and to announce that international music producers Serious will produce the fifth edition of Take Five - a significant artist development scheme for emerging jazz musicians – which will be officially launched with a free public event on Thursday 20 November at 6pm in the Fountain Room at the Barbican.
More...UK Music launch
Monday 27 October marked the launch of UK Music, a new organisation to unify and express the collective interests of music publishers, artists, musicians, songwriters and composers, major and independent record labels, music managers, collecting societies and studio producers.
More...Ackerman Music named Printed Music Retailer of the Year 2008
Ackerman Music was last night (14 October) named Printed Music Retailer of the Year at the 2008 MIA Music Awards.
More...NMPA hails Copyright Board’s rate decision
The Copyright Royalty Board announced today, new mechanical rate terms for physical products (such as CDs), permanent downloads (such as iTunes) and ringtones.
More...The Birth of UKMusic
September 26th 2008 marked the birth of UKMusic – a new umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK’s commercial music industry
More...Intellectual Property Rights Primer for 5 high-growth markets
UK Trade & Investment in conjunction with the UK Intellectual Property Office has recently produced a set of guides covering Intellectual Property (IP) issues for five high-growth markets – Brazil, China, India, South Korea and Vietnam.
More...Major US Music Industry Groups Announce Breakthrough Agreement
WASHINGTON -- In a breakthrough that will facilitate new ways to offer music to consumers online, the Digital Media Association (DiMA), the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), together with the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA), today announced an agreement on how music creators will be compensated for music distributed through certain online models.
More...Graduate placement at PRS Foundation
The PRS Foundation are offering a six month placement to a graduate who wants to learn more about the new music sector whilst developing skills in arts administration and funding policy.
More...PRS wins ruling against BUMA
The Performing Right Society has won a court case over its Dutch equivalent, Buma, which confirms the principle that collection societies cannot issue licences without the consent of rightsholders.
More...2008 National Year of Reading
New research from the National Year of Reading has revealed the tremendous value and enjoyment derived by the public from song lyrics.
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