31st August 2023,

Our monthly quick-fire webinar on the One Step Ahead project will take place on 5th September at 3pm CET.

As the music industry gets fully back to business following the summer break, get up to speed on all the latest developments in digital music with the latest Quick Fire Webinar from IMPALA and CMU. On this day, we’ll also release our new One Step Ahead report focussing on Rights & Consumption.

Including updates and discussion on…

• Key announcements from the streaming services.
• The ongoing debate around music and AI, including YouTube’s music AI principles.
• The US music industry’s legal battle with Twitter/X.

One Step Ahead is an IMPALA-led project, piloted by IMPALA’s digital committee, in partnership with CMU Insights and with the support of Merlin. 

About IMPALA

IMPALA was established in 2000 and now represents nearly 6000 independent music companies. 99% of Europe’s music companies are small, micro and medium businesses and self-releasing artists. Known as the independents, they are world leaders in terms of innovation and discovering new music and artists – they produce more than 80% of all new releases and account for 80% of the sector’s jobs. IMPALA’s mission is to grow the independent music sector sustainably, return more value to artists, promote diversity and entrepreneurship, improve political access, inspire change, and increase access to finance. IMPALA works on a range of key issues for its members, runs various award schemes and has a programme aimed at businesses who want to develop a strategic relationship with the independent sector – Friends of IMPALA.