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November 2008

FAIR PLAY FOR MUSICIANS

18 November 2008

Photo: Fran Nevrkla and Gerald Newsom speaking at the PPL APMPerformer members who attended PPL's second Annual Performer Meeting (APM), which took place at Abbey Road Studios on Monday (17th), were moved to sign a letter to the Prime Minister asking him for Fair Play For Musicians. 

To read the letter to the PM and see all the signatures click here

ANNUAL PERFORMER REPORT RELEASED

17 November 2008

The Annual Performer Report was released today at PPL's Annual Performer Meeting, held at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London.

October 2008

AUDIO REPERTOIRE SEARCH GOES LIVE

23 October 2008

As part of the roll-out of the new website are a host of brand new services to be released over the coming months, the latest of which is the Online Audio Repertoire Search facility.

PPL LAUNCH NEW STUDENT MUSIC JOURNALISM AWARD

22 October 2008

Popular music industry digest Record of the Day have been running an annual awards ceremony celebrating the best that music journalism and PR has to offer, for the past five years.

September 2008

PPL’S ANNUAL PERFORMER MEETING

29 September 2008

PPL’S ANNUAL PERFORMER MEETING (APM) 2008 WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER AT 2PM AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, LONDON.

UKMusic

26 September 2008

Today marks the birth of UKMusic – a new umbrella organisation representing the collective interest of the UK’s commercial music industry, from artists, musicians, songwriters and composers, to major and independent record labels, managers, music publishers and collecting societies.

August 2008

PPL reveals Devon's top ten favourite tracks from 2007

27 August 2008

PPL, the not-for-profit UK music industry service company that collects and distributes broadcast/new media and public performance royalties for the benefit of performers and record companies, has produced a chart of Devon’s top ten most played songs for 2007.

July 2008

PPL and URADEX sign reciprocal deal

16 July 2008

PPL has today announced a reciprocal deal with the Belgian performer society URADEX.

June 2008

MCPS and PPL create Professional Dubbing licence

26 June 2008

MCPS and PPL Professional Dubbing Licence (‘ProDub’) available from July 1st 2008
Flexible, affordable and easily-purchased online: www.produb.co.uk

PPL signs reciprocal deal with Swedish society SAMI

12 June 2008

PPL has today announced a full reciprocal deal with Swedish performer society SAMI (Swedish Artists’ and Musicians’ Interest Organisation) after a long period of cooperation between the two organisations.