Your place for regular updates on PRS for Music news.
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20 May 2021
Jackie Alway OBE elected Chair of International Confederation of Music Publishers
MCPS Chair Jackie Alway OBE first-ever woman elected Chair of International Confederation of Music Publishers
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19 May 2021
Newly appointed Council Members at PRS 2021 AGM
Janet Andersen, Fiona Bevan, Erica Ingham, Julian Nott, and Pete Woodroffe newly appointed to PRS Members’ Council
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17 May 2021
Entries open for The Ivors Composer Awards
New for 2021 – in response to the pandemic, entries for the Awards can have been premiered in the UK through live streamed concerts and commercial recordings as well as concerts and broadcast performances
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6 May 2021
Update: PRS for Music Online Live Concert licence
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6 May 2021
UK Music responds to the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
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27 Apr 2021
Over 300 creative organisations sign open letter to the Prime Minister
The organisations demand Prime Minister delivers on his promise to fix the Brexit crisis for creative industry.
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25 Apr 2021
Record distributions to songwriters and composers in 2020
However sharp drop in revenue prompts warning of difficulties to come
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13 Apr 2021
Ligeti Quartet to perform works by award-winning contemporary composers for online concert
Featuring compositions by Shiva Feshareki, Ben Gaunt, Robin Haigh, Laura Jurd, Anna Meredith MBE and Ayanna Witter-Johnson
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7 Apr 2021
MCPS announces record distribution to members in 2020
The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) collects royalties for songwriter, composer and music publisher members, when their music is reproduced, in any format – including online, physical and synchronised.
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6 Apr 2021
Girls I Rate, PRS for Music and PRS Foundation launch #GETHEARD Future Hitmaker Competition
Opportunity to receive Future Hitmaker Awards of £1,000, £2,000 and £3,000
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