British neighbouring rights society PPL has paid out a total of £277.7 million (€316.4m) to performers and recording rights holders in 2025, with a final December distribution of £54.3m to 147,000 members, including over 8,500 first time payees. PPL collects performance rights for sound recordings on behalf of performers and owners of sound recordings. “I am pleased to close the year with such a strong payment to performers and recording rightsholders in the UK and beyond," said PPL CEO Peter Le...

PRS for Music has distributed £274.9 million to rights holders worldwide in it last distribution of the year, up 4% compared to last year. It is the British rights society's largest-ever royalty payout. More than 51,500 PRS members will receive a payment in December. International royalties accounted for £98m and contributed "significantly" to the payout, reflecting "the reach of PRS songwriters and composers on the global stage." Streaming and broadcast royalty payments remained "strong," with ...

The Boards of Directors of French neighbouring rights societies ADAMI and SCPP have approved the creation of a joint tool for data referencing and royalties' distribution. The shared tool will allow the two organisations to have different distribution rules specific to their members, while sharing the same infrastucture. ADAMI, which represents music and audiovisual performers, and SCPP, which counts over 5,000 labels and producers of sound recording as members, including the three majors, anno...