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TGE presentation: Deloitte Media Insights

Deloitte presents research predicting the future of the media and entertainment sectors

Networking Party at The Great Escape

Join the PRS for Music team at the end of hosting day one, for a few drinks, networking and cupcakes.

TGE Panel: State of the Nation

Chris Carey guides delegates through the key market movements from the last year.

Poly Styrene 1957 – 2011

Cult singer Poly Styrene, born Joan Elliott-Said, passed away last night, aged 53. The British-Somali musician and songwriter, who fronted the pioneering punk band X-Ray Spex, lost her battle with breast cancer just weeks after the release of her comeback solo album Generation Indigo.

Review: Jamie Woon Live

The edgy environment of a packed and sweaty Corsica Studios, under railway arches in South London's Elephant and Castle, is exactly where you would expect dubstep's latest face to launch his debut album Mirrorwriting.

The 56th Ivor Novello Awards nominations

UK rapper and singer Plan B and rock band Everything, Everything (pictured) lead the nominations for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards, the British Academy of Songwriters and Composers revealed this morning. Both are up for two awards each - Plan B is nominated in the PRS for Music Most Performed Work section for She Said and is pitted against Everything Everything in the Album Award category. Everything Everything are also nominated for Best Song Musically and Lyrically with MY KZ, UR BF.

The Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivors are presented annually to celebrate, honour and reward excellence in British and Irish songwriting and composing. The Ivor Novello Awards are presented by BASCA in association with PRS for Music.

British Composer Awards nomination deadline

The closing dates for all nominations except the Making Music Award is Friday 15 July 2011.

PRS for Music CEO Robert Ashcroft on the big picture