2026 MARCH 2026 - March 2-4: Women in Music Global Summit in Toronto, Canada at the Allied Music Centre and TD Music Hall. – March 12-18: South by South West in Austin, Texas.

– March 22-25: MUSEXPO, known as “The United Nations of Music”, will return for its 26th global edition in Burbank, California. – March 2-25: Winter Music Conference (WMC) in Miami Beach, Florida, as part of Miami Music Week. APRIL 2026 – April 9-10: Tallinn Music Week in Estonia. – Ap...

Following the European Commission’s decision to approve the acquisition by Universal Music Group (UMG) of Downtown Music Holdings, independent music companies trade organisation IMPALA has issued a 10-point comment on the process and its outcome. IMPALA challenged from the outset the proposed transaction, arguing that it would simply contribute to give even more market power to the world's largest music company. Creative Industries News publishes below IMPALA's views, verbatim:

IMPALA welcomes...

The European Commission's competition division has given the green light to the acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Universal Music Group's distribution and services unit for the independent sector Virgin Music Group (VMG). In a February 13 decision, the Commission said the approval was "conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by the companies, which entail the full divestment of Downtown's royalty accounting platform Curve Royalty Systems, Ltd ('Curve')." In a statem...