Your place for regular updates on PRS for Music news.
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23 Mar 2017
PRS for Music and PPL launch joint initiative to link data sets
PPL and PRS for Music have piloted a first-of-its-kind initiative to link each other’s data sets, jointly creating a prototype search tool to improve identification of sound recordings and musical works and the links between them.
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13 Mar 2017
PRS for Music celebrates MAPS first birthday
PRS for Music’s Member Anti-Piracy System celebrates impressive results one year on
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9 Mar 2017
New tool introduced to report performances and help manage their rights
2.5 million seconds of songs reported to PRS for Music in first 24 hours of new online tool activation
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9 Mar 2017
Aw Shuck's! Norfolk restaurant celebrates national Music Makeover win
Much-loved restaurant-in-a-yurt, Shuck’s, has been named winner of PRS for Music’s inaugural Music Makeover Restaurants competition, taking home a £5,000 prize to revamp the restaurant for live performances as it continues to support the local scene.
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17 Feb 2017
How to make a living from music
Top music industry experts head to Oxford to offer local songwriters and composers advice
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6 Feb 2017
PRS for Music celebrates digital success
PRS for Music has released its distribution data figures for 2016, a year that saw the company process over four trillion uses of music.
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26 Jan 2017
Madness present famous Camden pub with PRS for Music Heritage Award
Legendary British band Madness have today presented iconic London pub, the Dublin Castle, with the prestigious PRS for Music Heritage Award.
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18 Jan 2017
PRS for Music launch educational panels across the country as part of Independent Venue Week
Indie venues in Brighton, Cardiff, Sheffield and Sunderland partner with PRS for Music to host free educational events, open to all
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17 Jan 2017
PPL and PRS for Music introduce new joint community radio licence
The licence is available to Ofcom-licensed community radio stations broadcasting on AM or FM and comes as both organisations aim to simplify tariffs for their customers
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13 Jan 2017
Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit tackles digital piracy
On Wednesday 11 January 2017 officers from the City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) visited organisations found to be advertising on websites involved in digital piracy.
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