12 May 20 |
Time to put words into action! Europe’s cultural and creative sectors were among the first and hardest hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. They will also be among the last. Across Europe, almost all cultural activities have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely, while venues and retailers have closed with disastrous ...
Continue Reading07 Apr 20 |
Music is one of the first sectors hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. It will also be one of the last. As borders close, venues as well as festivals suspend their activities, performances are cancelled, group activity is stopped, shops close, and new releases are put on hold, the entire creative value chain is stalling. […]
Continue Reading15 Mar 20 |
We want to keep you updated of any news related to the impact of Covid 19 virus on our industry. In addition to the reports of our global members we added quotes from the European organization Liveurope. We will update the summary from time to time. Our member MMF Switzerland provided the following info. Many […]
Continue Reading25 Sep 19 |
Celebrating its Annual General Meeting at the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany IMMF’s members from almost 50 countries elected a new Board. Press Release in English / Boletin de Prensa en Español Across four years of chairing IMMF, Volker May (Germany) is stepping down; his focus on Fairness & transparency and ...
Continue Reading02 Jan 19 |
Women in Music and the International Music Managers Forum Announce Partnership in Global Commitment to Advance Diversity and Equality in the Music Industry New York, NY – The International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) and Women in Music (WIM) have entered into a partnership to recognise the role of women in the music and wider ...
Continue Reading02 Aug 18 |
The IMMF is proud to announce to be a partner in the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards together with main partners Eurosonic and Reeperbahn. To know more about the award, please read the press release HERE.
Continue Reading04 Jun 18 |
On 30 May 2018 the European Commission tabled its €1.85bn proposal for the next Creative Europe Programme (the European Commission’s framework programme for support to the culture and audiovisual sectors) for 2021-2027. The proposed funding covers : Culture €609 mil (up from 450m): will fund cultural and creative ...
Continue Reading09 May 18 |
Silvia Costa MEP makes a statement: “EU Culture needs more budget and centrality in the next MFF. I strongly support the call from Europe´s cultural, creative and audio-visual sector”. Read the full version below Culture needs to be adequately funded by the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), that the European ...
Continue Reading08 May 18 |
IMMF held a very successful panel discussion on Friday the 13th of April at the Business Academy in Musikmesse, Frankfurt. Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt moderated the panel on the topic “Strategies and tools for successfully preparing and ultimately stimulating Music Export in Europe” Over the course of the last 10 ...
Continue Reading10 Apr 18 |
IMMF worked with the Indie Label Organisation IMPALA and 65 other organisation from across Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and to create this open letter which was send to the EU institutions April 9th and calls on the European Union to increase funding to the creative sector in its budget for the period beyond 2020. […]
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