With Universal finally notifying its EMI deal in Europe two months after filing in the USA and three months after the sale was announced, independent music companies welcome the start of the official regulatory process.

Following the successful launch last year of the European Independent Album of the Year Award, voting is now taking place on a 23-album shortlist to decide this year’s winner.

The winners of the 2011 IMPALA Outstanding Contribution Award are Martin Mills and the ‘Label Love’ initiative…

As reports circulate of regulatory filings in Europe weeks after the USA, independent music companies confirm their opposition to the proposed sale of EMI to Universal and Sony, the world’s biggest music companies. Protest is also spreading at national level, following initiatives led by independent associations such as AIM in the UK, while European body IMPALA fully expects regulators in both the USA and Europe to block the transactions outright.

A new European Music Office/Eurosonic-Noordeslag/Nielsen study demonstrates the lack of circulation of European music across borders.

A global collective manifesto for independent music entrepreneurs and organisations will be debated and agreed at Midem, at a meeting led by the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) and the European indie music association Impala.

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Following the launch of the European Independent Album of the Year Award by IMPALA, voting is now taking place on a 21-album shortlist. The winner of this new European mercury-style award will be announced on Monday 28th February.