Following the European Commission’s decision on UMG/Downtown, IMPALA underlines its key conclusions from the process, as well as the challenges and opportunities for the future in terms of the market and sector regulation.
We, the undersigned organisations from across Europe’s music ecosystem, call on the EU institutions to adopt a sector-specific strategic approach for European music, with increased funding, alongside the horizontal actions in the future AgoraEU programme 2028-2034.
The ability of Europe and the music sector to sustain a diverse and competitive ecosystem is the subject of a new report, ‘Powering an Independent and Culturally Diverse European Music Ecosystem’, published today.
As part of IMPALA’s Faces of the Independent Sector storytelling campaign celebrating our 25th anniversary, and co-funded by the European Union, we are pleased to publish the second interview in the series with Kristiyana Georgieva, Project Manager at the Bulgarian independent music association, ANMIP.
IMPALA is the European organisation for independent music companies and national associations. The sector is made up of micro, small, medium businesses and self-releasing artists. They are world leaders in terms of innovation and discovering new music and artists. Independents account for more than 80% of all new releases in Europe and 80% of the sector’s jobs. More info…
