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All the latest MPA news appears below. For all the latest updates you can also follow the MPA on Twitter or sign up to receive email notifications using the form to the right.
For all press enquiries please contact Will Lines:
by email or phone 020 7637 4058.
Fri, 27th January 2012
Jo Dipple has today (27 January) been confirmed as the chief executive of UK Music.She formally replaces Feargal Sharkey, who departed the commercial music industry’s umbrella body in November 2011.
Speaking of the appointment, she said: “I am delighted to take on this role. The British music industry is an extraordinary cultural and economic force and I look forward to working with Government and our members to ensure its continued dominance.”
Stephen Navin, MPA chief executive said: "I am...
Mon, 23rd January 2012
Henley Business School has announced details of a new MBA for the music industry, aimed at experienced business managers and future business leaders from all segments of the music industry.
This MBA programme has been developed in collaboration with an international team of music executives from across the industry. It is built upon the Henley Flexible MBA programme, and enhanced with a bespoke programme of workshops and presentations from leading individuals and companies in the music industry...
Fri, 6th January 2012
The MPA's Stephen Navin will chair a panel as part of ICMP's International Publishing Summit, taking place at midem in January.
The session, Towards the Global Repertoire Database, looks at the rapidly changing technological environment in which we find ourselves, in order to identify and solve problems in online licensing.
In the short term, there are new business models in place, and indeed under continuous development, that orchestrate direct and collective rights management of licensing. In...
Thu, 5th January 2012
Richard Hooper today issued a call for evidence as part of the independent feasibility study on developing a Digital Copyright Exchange (DCE) in the UK.
The independent study is being carried out in two parts. Phase one is looking at all of the issues highlighted in the Hargreaves Review surrounding copyright licensing in and for the digital age in further detail. This includes setting out clear definitions of the roles played by creators, businesses, rights management organisations and...
Wed, 14th December 2011
The Government has today (Wednesday 14 December) launched its ‘Consultation on Copyright’. This follows on from Professor Ian Hargreaves’ report, ‘Digital Opportunity – A review of Intellectual Property and Growth’, which was published earlier in the year. The consultation is based on the ten recommendations made by Hargreaves in his review and covers a number of areas which are of importance to music publishers.
Amongst them are the creation of an exception to allow acts of private copying,...
Sun, 11th December 2011
The Music Publishers Association was saddened to learn of the death of music publisher Robert Antony Fell, on Tuesday 6 December, aged 79. Tony Fell was Managing Director of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers from 1974-1996, and served on the company’s Board until 2000. Driven by an inexhaustible enthusiasm for music, he proved a positive, dynamic and clear-sighted manager, and was in large part responsible for modernising the company’s publishing business and positioning it at the heart of...
Fri, 2nd December 2011
Peter McMullin of Blackwell Music (Oxford) was named Printed Music Retailer of the Year at the 2011 MIA Awards (Wednesday 30 November). The Award, sponsored by the MPA Catalogue of Printed Music, was presented by MPA Chief Executive Stephen Navin to Peter at a ceremony at London’s Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel. Peter has been at Blackwell’s for 25 years and is known to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of what titles are available and in which publication a particular piece or song can be found...
Wed, 30th November 2011
Following on from George Osborne’s Autumn Statement yesterday afternoon (28th November 2011), we thought the following points might be useful for you, particularly with regards to improved access to funding for small and medium sized enterprises.
Introduction of a credit easing programme to underwrite up to £20bn of guarantees for bank funding over the next 2 years. This is designed to enable banks to offer low-interest loans to small and medium-sized firms.
There will be an initial £1bn made...
Mon, 28th November 2011
The UK’s first awards ceremony to recognise and celebrate the indispensable role and outstanding contribution that music and sound design makes to the world of visual media is guaranteed to be a glittering affair. The inaugural awards will be hosted by none other than Adam Buxton, the popular comedian and presenter who promises to bring his own particular brand of sparkling humour to the ceremony which will be held on February 23rd 2012 at Koko, Camden.
A much-loved face and voice in the music...
Mon, 28th November 2011
The National Plan for Music Education (entitled The Importance of Music) was published on 25 November 2011, setting out the Government’s vision for music education - "to enable children from all backgrounds and every part of England to have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument; to make music with others; to learn to sing; and to have the opportunity to progress to the next level of excellence".
The Plan follows Darren Henley's Review, Music Education in England, published in February....
Thu, 24th November 2011
The Government is currently consulting on measures that would scrap parts of the Licensing Act 2003. In terms of live music, these proposals would exempt all events under a 5,000 capacity from the need to obtain an entertainment licence. UK Music and MPA support these proposals and will provide a detailed response to the consultation.
We believe these changes will make a real and positive difference to the lives of music makers, to local communities and to the wider economy. However, the...
Mon, 21st November 2011
The Music Publishers Association (MPA) today announced that Harriet Finney has been appointed to the newly created role of Press and Public Affairs Officer at the music industry body. In this new position Harriet is specifically tasked with raising the profile of the MPA, bringing its members’ concerns to a wider audience and ensuring that policy makers are aware of issues facing music publishers in the digital age.
Harriet has previously worked as Head of Communications for Chrysalis, the...
Fri, 11th November 2011
UK Music has today announced that Feargal Sharkey is leaving the company.
Feargal, who was originally Director General of British Music Rights, oversaw the process of the foundation of UK Music, the first representative body for the whole of the UK’s commercial music industry. It was an endeavour of great ambition and has now been in existence for three years.
In that time Feargal has been responsible for seeing UK Music become the focus of the industry’s political lobbying, for much of the...
Wed, 9th November 2011
The MPA welcomes today's announcement that the system allowing Channel Island companies to sell goods to the UK without VAT will be closed from 1 April.
Low value consignment relief (LVCR) has allowed goods under £15 to be sold to UK customers VAT-free. A number of online retailers set up operations on the Channel Islands to benefit from the loophole, in particular for the sale of CDs and DVDs.
The MPA has previously made representations to Government on this issue, urging them to put an end...
Tue, 25th October 2011
The members of the MPA yesterday (Monday 24 October) elected a new Board of Directors. At the 2011 MPA AGM members voted to adopt new Articles of Association of the MPA, incorporating amongst other amendments, changes to the way in which the MPA's Board of Directors is elected. In accordance with those new Articles at yesterday's General Meeting the Board retired en masse and members voted, on the basis of one vote per member company, to elect eighteen Elected Directors to the Board. There were...
Mon, 24th October 2011
The Music Publishers Association (MPA) today launched a new mediation service, providing its members with access to a panel of experienced mediators as a cost effective option for resolving disputes. The scheme will be administered by the MPA whose central London office will be made available to accommodate the mediation sessions.
Mediation is a form of dispute resolution. Where two parties are in dispute, mediation provides a framework for resolving the problem without resorting to court...
Wed, 12th October 2011
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of one of our long standing MPA members John Spalding, Managing Director of Bocu Music, on Saturday 1 October 2011.
John’s career spanned over many decades and in the late 70’s included an appointment as International Vice President of Polar Music International AB.
Chris Butler, Chairman of the Music Publishers Association writes: “We are very sorry to note the death of John Spalding who died last week at the age of 76. John was one of the...
Thu, 6th October 2011
The shortlists for a number of the 2011 MIA Awards, including the Printed Music Awards, is now available from the Awards website.
The shortlists have been drawn together by a group of printed music retailers and voted for by a wider group. The winners will be revealed at the 2011 MIA Awards ceremony at London's prestigious Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel on Wednesday 30 November 2011.
Early bird tickets are available until Friday 28 October. To book tickets, go to http://www.miamusicawards.com/...
Wed, 5th October 2011
The MPA is excited to support the brand new Music & Sound Awards - the UK’s first awards to recognise and celebrate the indispensable role and outstanding contribution that music and sound design makes to the world of visual media.
Aimed at professionals working in advertising, film, television (branding and programming) and gaming, the awards are open to anyone who is involved in the creation, composition, sourcing, licensing, briefing or production of music and sound design for the world...
Mon, 12th September 2011
The European Council today adopted a directive extending the term of protection of the rights of performers and phonogram producers of music recordings within the EU from 50 to 70 years.
The new directive also harmonises the method of calculating the term of protection of songs and other musical compositions with words created by several authors ("co-written works"). The term of protection for such works will expire 70 years after the death of the last surviving author, whether the writer of...
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