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MEMBERS HANDED £10mIN FEES COLLECTED FROM 18 TERRITORIES
PPL pays out record monthly global royalties
LICENSING BY PAUL WILLIAMS
P
PL paid out a record amount of international royalties to its rights
holder and performer members last month, with nearly £10m distributed from 18 different countries. The music licensing
company’s best month yet for payments from overseas comprised £8,799,200 performer royalties from 14 territories and £1,107,300 recording royalties distributed to right holders from a dozen countries. The performer royalty
payments were led by £1,189,700 from Danish society Gramex Denmark, while other big contributors included Spain’s AIE (£1,057,800), SENA in the Netherlands (£955,000), Belgium’s Playright (£952,300) and Gramex Finland (£891,000). More than £800,000 was
brought in from both Japan and Sweden, while £815,400 performer royalties were given out from money collected from three US societies, with the bulk from SoundExchange (£693,800) and other contributions from AFM-AFTRA FUND and AARC. SoundExchange also brought
in £353,100 for PPL’s recording rights holder members, while other significant contributions to these members included £374,400 from Germany’s GVL
“We are delighted with our
record pay-out for March this year. We have worked
extremely hard to ensure that our members recieve maximum earnings” LAURENCE OXENBURY, PPL
and more than £95,000 from Gramex Denmark. There were also first international payments from Latvia distributed in the month, with £125,200 brought in for performers by the local society LAIPA and £12,100 going to PPL’s rights holder members. PPL director of international
Laurence Oxenbury said: “We are delighted with our record pay-out for March of this year. We have worked extremely hard to ensure that our members receive maximum earnings and pride ourselves on our service. We would like to thank our counterparts around the world for their cooperation in making this happen.” March’s best-yet monthly
payment follows what has been a continuing rise every year in the amount of royalties collected and distributed by PPL from its overseas affiliates. In the most recent annual figures available covering the calendar year 2010, international income rose year- on-year by 46.8% to £31.7m and accounted for a record 22% of PPL’s overall turnover.
MCGONIGAL EXITS FOR NEW POST
Dominic McGonigal has left PPL after more than a decade to become chairman of C8 Associates. The move follows nearly eight
years as PPL’s director of government relations, a role in which he played a prominent part in the industry’s lengthy and difficult fight to extend recorded copyright. This finally ended in victory last September when the EU’s Council of Ministers agreed to increase the term from 50 to 70 years. Creative industries
consultancy C8 works with artists, businesses and governments to try to harness growth opportunities in the sector and offers advice and assistance in political intelligence, strategy, licensing and business models. McGonigal started at PPL in
2001, initially as director of strategy and business development before becoming membership and distribution director six years later. Prior to PPL he was membership and media director at what is now PRS for Music. McGonigal told Music Week:
“Looking back, my 11 years at PPL have been marked with some notable successes. Setting up the international service, preparing the performer merger, getting the music licensing exceptions removed and steering the Copyright Term Directive through
the EU all contributed to the growth in revenue to performers and record companies. “Now, with C8 Associates, I am
looking forward to offering other businesses and artists more successes, in terms of revenue, profile and growth. “I will also be able to assist
governments wanting to harness the growth opportunities in the creative sector.” PPL director of PR and
corporate communications Jonathan Morrish said: “Dominic
has played an important role in the transformation of PPL as a company. “After 11 years he is now
leaving to pursue other avenues within the creative industries, continuing his work with artists and creative businesses. PPL would like to thank Dominic for all of his hard work over the last 11 years and wishes him all the very best for the future.” PPL said it had no plans to
replace McGonigal in the government relations role.
Amazon gives fans stream ticket with first live gig
Amazon.co.uk has taken its first step into the world of music broadcasting, following a deal with Universal to live stream a gig online. The e-retailer will broadcast a
special Keane concert at Central St Martin’s College, London next Friday (April 27) on its site, plus a Q&A session with the band. The event will be
hosted in association with Amazon-owned Lovefilm. “We’re delighted to be
involved in something like this,” Amazon’s music and mp3 manager Paul Firth (left) told Music Week. “This is a great example of
how we’re going to try and introduce our customers to new ways to discover new music.”
Amazon and Universal
teamed up last year to stream part of a Take That DVD release – but the Keane gig is the firm’s first ever live music broadcast. When asked if Amazon had
set its sights on running more live streams in future, Firth said: “Absolutely. It’s not something we would do all the time – we
need to make sure we’re giving our customers the right content. But when it’s the right opportunities that fit Amazon well, we should take advantage of those.” The Keane gig will be
attended by competition winners, whilst the event has been promoted on Amazon’s pages and social media extensions.
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