Association Of Independent Music (AIM) In The News

The UK government just unveiled a new ‘label-led’ initiative to improve pay for legacy artists, songwriters and session musicians. Here’s what that means…

UK songwriters will be the first in the world to receive a per-diem from labels for attending songwriting sessions

200+ people sign letter objecting to UMG’s proposed takeover of Downtown, including 20 employees from Beggars Group and Secretly Group companies

Beggars Group boss Martin Mills and Secretly Group boss Darius Van Arman have both signed the letter to the EC, alongside 18 other Beggars/Secretly employees

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I was a co-founder of IMPALA. It saddens me to see how rabidly anti-major it’s become.

Kenny Gates responds to claims made by IMPALA about Universal and Downtown

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IMPALA welcomes EU’s Downtown deal probe; UMG remains ‘confident’ $775M acquisition will close in H2 2025

IMPALA represents 6,000+ independent music companies in Europe

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Ruth Barlow of AIM and Beggars Group on UMG, Downtown and why she believes ‘regulators must act’

This MBW op/ed comes from Ruth Barlow, Chair of the UK's AIM, and Director of Live Licensing at Beggars Group

Analysis

How independent labels and their artists can win the AI race…

The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Marie Clausen, Managing Director for North America at Ninja Tune

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UK-based physical distributor Proper Music acquired by Netherlands’ Artone

Holding company Proper Music Group goes into administration; trading companies will no longer be affiliated with Proper Group AG (formerly Utopia Music)

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Martin Mills and IMPALA accuse Universal of ‘land grab’ over Virgin Music’s $775m Downtown acquisition

IMPALA has criticized Virgin's planned acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings in a $775 million deal