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15 ноя 2011

Indie labels raise red flag on Universal and Sony bids for EMI
 IMPALA, the European independent music companies’ body confirmed today in a press release that it would oppose any attempt by the Universal and Sony duopoly to buy EMI. This follows reports over the weekend that Universal might be back in the race to buy EMI. Sony is understood to remain one of the bidders on the publishing side. Independent companies believe reinforcing the duopoly would be the worst possible outcome of the EMI negotiations - for music, those who make it and those who want to access it.
The organization has requested the EC to investigate all possible options to intervene. The concerns cover not only music but also the vital online and mobile market, despite the fact that certain players there are much larger.
IMPALA was established in April 2000 to represent independent music companies. 99% of Europe’s music companies are small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Known as the “independents”, they are world leaders in terms of innovation and discovering new music and artists - they produce more than 80% of all new releases. The independents also produce 80% of the sector’s jobs.
IMPALA has 4,000 members including the top independents: !K7 (Germany), Anaconda Productions (Poland), Beggars Group (UK), Cosmos Music Group (Sweden), CLS Music (Hungary), CNR (NL), Cooking Vinyl (UK), Edel (Germany), Epitaph (US/NL), Everlasting (Spain), Gazell (Sweden), Kobalt (Sweden), Menart (Croatia), Musicvertrieb (Switzerland), Naïve (France), [PIAS] Entertainment Group (Benelux, UK and France), Playground (Sweden), Red Bullet (NL), Wagram (France), as well as national trade associations from the UK (AIM), France (UPFI), Germany (VUT), Spain (UFI), Italy (PMI), Belgium (BIMA), Denmark (DUP), Netherlands (STOMP), Norway (FONO), Israel (PIL), Indieco (Finland) and Sweden (SOM).
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