27th Mar 2013
BBC, PPL, PRS back new Copyright Hub

The Government has this week released £150,000 to help kick start the ‘Copyright Hub’, a proposed one-stop shop aimed at simplifying online copyright processes. The PRS, PPL and BBC have already pledged support and are amongst 12 organisations offering services to help get it off the ground.
18th Feb 2013
BMG / Sanctuary: You really got me

BMG may have lost out to Warner on the Parlophone sale last week but the group has reportedly snapped up Sanctuary from Universal for around £40m, as the divestment deals surrounding the EMI takeover continue to rumble throughout the recording and publishing sectors.
14th Feb 2013
PRS To Amplify Techno Logic

PRS for Music has launched a new initiative aimed at the dance music community, following research showing that dance music artists, producers and composers have less connection to the rights body and are frequently losing out on royalty payments.
14th Dec 2012
Festive 50: A fairytale ending

PRS for Music has published a festive Top 50 of the most played Christmas songs in the past two years – who do you think made it to Number One? Unsurprisingly, the list favours Shakin Stevens over Sufjan Stevens despite the songwriter releasing numerous fantastic alternative Christmas EPs over the years.
4th Dec 2012
PRS crack the code

PRS for Musichas launched an updated Code of Conduct for the 95,000 musicians that it represents. This outlines how the membership organisation will achieve best practice by responding to the needs of members and licensees and addressing licensing in a fair and transparent way.
19th Sep 2012
MPA launch legal lines

The Music Publishers Association (MPA) has this week launched a free legal helpline for its members.Calls to the helpline will be dealt with by members of the dedicated media department and limited to 15 minutes- long enough, it seems to address the potential minefield of copyright or licensing disputes. Reports that callers will then be automatically transferred to The Samaritans could not be confirmed at time of going to press.
17th Aug 2012
As uneasy as ABC

The latest ABC magazine circulation figures have landed, with NME taking another plunge, Q not on the ball and a surprising upturn for some Indie publications.In a drop that seems dramatic even in a tough climate for music magazines, Bauer’s monthly title Q shed over 15,000 readers, dropping 16.7% to 64,596. Elsewhere in the Bauer stable, rock weekly Kerrang! fell by 4.5% over six months and Mojo saw a decline of 2.7%.
4th Jul 2012
EMI turn the page on publishing

In the latest chapter of the EMI story and to the surprise of exactly no one, the publishing division of the British music giant has been sold to an investor group led by Sony in America for a reported £1.4 bn, with David Geffen and Michael Jackson improbably getting in on the deal.
29th Jun 2012
In Polar Position: Steve Farris Interview

In the build-up to Generator’s Music Futures Series event on the Future of Music Publishing on 5th July, The Gen’s Editor Paul Reed caught up with Polar Patrol Publishing MD Steve Farris. How did you get into the business?
25th Apr 2012
BASCA Remain Composed

The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) are promoting a concert at the end of the year to celebrate the 10th year of the British Composer Awards.Taking place on Wednesday 5 December at a London venue still to be confirmed, the ‘10 Years, 10 Composers, 10 Works’ event will feature a range of winning pieces from the last ten years of the awards.