PRS For Music In The News

Sacem unveils $6.7m fund and advances on royalties to help its author, composer & publisher members during Coronavirus crisis

Operational arrangements for the emergency fund will be active as soon as April 2, says Sacem

‘There has never been a more important time to keep active as an artist.’

Absolute Label Services shares some of the advice it has been giving artists and managers amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

Could the music industry do more to help artists and songwriters whose income has been hit by Coronavirus?

Should 'black box' money and discretionary advances be paid over to music's creative community amid the pandemic?

Spotify pledges $10m fund to support artists hit by Coronavirus pandemic

"Combatting the impact of this pandemic on the music industry will take a massive global effort..."

PRS for Music launches emergency fund during Coronavirus pandemic; songwriters can claim up to £1k each

Applicants will receive support up to a value of £1,000

Over a third of professional songwriters in the UK say they have been ‘subject to full buyouts or work for hire commissions’

An additional 41% of UK creators say "they had been required to give away more of their mechanical rights than they wanted"

Article 13 binned by UK Government as Brexit looms

UK Government 'has no plans' to implement EU Copyright Directive

Hipgnosis buys music catalog from Cher’s Believe co-writer Brian Higgins

Believe reached No.1 in 21 countries