PRS for Music sees record £746m revenue in 2018, but costs top £97m

A total of £603.6m was paid out to songwriters, composers and publishers
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PRS poaches Google’s Sami Valkonen, hires more senior staff

Claire Jarvis hired from Sky, Barney Hooper joins from AEG and Rachael Naylor promoted
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32,000+ Songwriters & Authors Urge European Parliament to Pass Article 13

Earlier, we reported that nearly 150 organizations corralled by Impala urged European Parliamentarians to support Article 13.  Now, songwriters in Europe are doing the same. Actually, songwriters are being joined by a far greater class of authors and c…

UK mechanical society MCPS signs new long-term agreement with PRS For Music

‘The MCPS business is in a much better position than it was in 2013 and this is a brand new relationship with PRS for Music’
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