Spotify has announced that from May it will hike up the price of its premium service by more than nine per cent to £11.99.
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🎤🏆This week on IMPALA's 100 Artists to Watch 2024 👀 in collaboration with YouTube Music. Check our Facebook & Instagram accounts as we introduce  #independent  artists from our ‘Hip Hop & R&B Playlist’🎶

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Can the independent sector unite under a set of global values? Yes, it can! In MBW I reflect on what it means to be independent today. To me, is being committed to fostering a strong, ethical and united ecosystem worldwide. Share if you agree!
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📝 In MBW, our CEO Noemí Planas outlines the core values of the indies & their commitment to a transparent, ethical & sustainable marketplace. In an industry marked by mergers & acquisitions, we stand as guardians of diversity & creativity! 💪
👉musicbusinessworldwide.com/can-the-indepe…

🚨 See our renewed 🔟 Global Independent Values for the independent music sector!
👉winformusic.org/values/

🔸Our take on TikTok and proper monetisation was discussed in the The Price of Music Podcast with BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq and Music Ally's Stuart Dredge this week, which takes a weekly look at the money behind the music industry.

🔸Podcast available 👉 apple.co/43XoVtS

Our #CCFG member Ibán García 🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 is presenting the European Parliament resolution on #MusicStreaming at the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 Copyright Conference in Namur. 🇧🇪©️🇪🇺 #EU2024BE

In the age of AI, protecting creative rights is more important than ever. The Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act by Adam Schiff is a critical step forward, and A2IM proudly supports it.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Join Saskhia Menendez, an equality and diversity ambassador, researcher, mentor, public speaker, and social change activist on Thursday 25 April (online 12pm - 1pm) for Part II of her series of workshops on Trans education & Inclusion within the Music Industry. Link in bio ⚡️

🎼 Our #CCFG is happy to officially support the Liveurope celebrations of #EuropeDay on 09 May at AB - Ancienne Belgique. 🎵🇪🇺🎶

Further information & registration 👇

Grounded in principles of fairness, transparency and innovation, the Global Independent Values underscore WIN's unwavering commitment to upholding what it means to be independent and what we defend as a sector.

👉 winformusic.org/win-renews-glo…

🌎🌍🌏 The Global Independent Values, the independent community's renewed set of core principles, are available in 6 languages!
🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 🇵🇹
👉 winformusic.org/values/

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WIN veröffentlicht zehn Gebote für die Indie-Szene WIN

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Episode 16 of The Price of Music with Steve Lamacq
and Stuart Dredge is out now!

🎚️Artists sign open letter to #AI companies
🎚️GLORB
🎚️@KISS back catalogue
🎚️ #Universal vs #TikTok

Listen now wherever you get your #podcasts

Nerded out on AI + music with Steve Lamacq on our podcast this week:

🤖 The Artist Rights Alliance open letter from musicians
🤖 Spotify UK & Ireland's new AI playlists feature
🤖 KISS and Pophouse Entertainment's avatar partnership
🤖 Stability AI's latest musical AI model
🤖 IMPALA on TikTok

WIN Mark Meyer Mark Kitcatt Eva Karman Reinhold DD Richard James Burgess A2IM Canadian Independent Music Association Andrew Cash Gill Dooley Dandanmusicman 🎶 It has been a long but very enriching collaborative process with the participation of record labels and trade associations around the world. The ‘Global Independent Values’ are available in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese.

winformusic.org/values/

🔟 Global Independent Values for the independent music sector!

Today IMPALA and sister organisations around the world renew our common commitments through WIN to advance the unified stance of the industry within today's dynamic music scene.

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🔟 Global Independent Values for the independent music sector! 🙌
🌎🌍🌏 WIN renews the independent community's set of core values as part of its work to promote the collective position of the sector in today's evolving music landscape.
➡️ winformusic.org/win-renews-glo…

'Fairness, transparency and innovation': Worldwide Independent Network unveils renewed values musicweek.com/labels/read/fa…

🥁🏆The beat goes on! This week on IMPALA's 100 Artists to Watch 2024 👀 in collaboration with YouTube Music. Keep an eye out as we shine a spotlight on #independent artists from our ‘Fusion Playlist’🎷🎶

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