FAC Slams Sony

Sony Music are being sued by Simon Fuller’s 19 Management over the deals they have done with streaming platforms, and Spotify in particular.The defence Sony used in court was published last week and highlights the degree to which record companies and...

MEPs Back IAO Call for a Fair Share

MEPs from the Legal Affairs Committee published a press release in Brussels last Tuesday, 16th June confirming their commitment to: "call for improvements to the contractual position of authors and performers in relation to other rightholders and...

Emmanuel Legrand on IAO at Midem

Emmanual Legrand featured the IAO Industry Update at Midem on his well-regarded blog, ‘Legrand Network’. The full article can be read hereLegrand a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment...

Music Managers Back IAO

Music news site Music Business Worldwide today published a statement by the UK’s Music Management Forum that publicly backed IAO and its campaign for transparency in the music industry along with a fair share of revenue for Artists.The Post, which can be seen...

IAO Press Conference at Midem

The IAO will be hosting an industry update and press conference for music business stakeholders and journalists at Midem on Saturday, 6th June at 4pm in Auditorium K (Palais 4).The conference is expected to highlight recent events in Europe in relation to the current...

IAO Response to Sony-Spotify Leak

The IAO today published a letter to EU Commissioners in response to a leaked contract between Sony Music and Spotify from 2011. The International Music Managers Forum published an open letter earlier today responding to the leak and the IAO have followed up in...