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Frances Moore featured in the Billboard 2020 Women In Music Executives list
IFPI’s Chief Executive, Frances Moore, has been included in Billboard’s 2020 Women in Music Executives. This list acknowledges the resilience and strength of the women executives who are leaders in the music community. Read the full list here.
Read more >IFPI mourns former IFPI Deputy Director General, Professor Adrian Sterling
2nd December 2020 – IFPI is saddened to hear of the death of former IFPI Deputy Director General, Professor Adrian Sterling. During his twenty years working at IFPI from 1954 – 1974, Sterling was instrumental in gaining recognition for the rights of record producers worldwide. Sterling was a key member of the IFPI delegation that […]
Read more >Music supports two million jobs, contributes €81.9 billion annually to economy of EU and UK, study finds
17th November, 2020 – The music sector supports two million jobs and contributes €81.9 billion annually to the economy across the 27 EU Member States and the UK (EU28), according to The Economic Impact of Music in Europe, an in-depth study by Oxford Economics that was commissioned by IFPI. The study, using 2018 data, found […]
Read more >RDx, recording industry’s new data exchange service, now fully operational
First-ever system to enable record companies to exchange authoritative data with music licensing companies through a single, centralised hub More than one million pieces of repertoire data already processed by RDx 14th October 2020 – IFPI and WIN, working together on behalf of the global recording industry, have announced that their global repertoire data exchange […]
Read more >Music groups act against streaming manipulation in Brazil
Ongoing campaign against music streaming manipulation seeks to ensure music creators are properly compensated for their efforts 7th October 2020 – IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, and its Brazilian national group, Pro-Música Brasil, have announced a series of successful actions against streaming manipulation sites in Brazil. As a result […]
Read more >IFPI and 21 organisations from Europe’s cultural and creative sectors raise concerns regarding the European Commission’s proposed guidance on the application of Article 17 of the DSM Directive
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