What we do Membership International collections Music licensing Search Join PPL myPPL Login Home News & Events News & Events Keep up to date with announcements and developments from PPL. You can read about PPL in the news, learn more about the benefits of joining PPL and discover how we work in the UK and around the globe to ensure that those who invest their time, talent and money to make music are fairly paid for their work. NEWS & EVENTS News Events LATEST NEWS View all Bigger than ever, The British Music Embassy returns to SXSW 30 NOVEMBER 2021 Hannah Joseph and Horace Trubridge elected as Performer Directors at PPL Annual Performer Meeting 2021 25 NOVEMBER 2021 Anderson .Paak signs with PPL for international neighbouring rights collections 9 NOVEMBER 2021 Anna B Savage, Chantelle Lee and Those Damn Crows among the latest artists to receive support from PRS Foundation’s PPL Momentum Music Fund 28 OCTOBER 2021 ABOUT PPL Founded in 1934, PPL is the UK music industry’s collective management organisation (CMO) for over 120,000 performers and record companies. We license recorded music in the UK when it is played in public (shops, bars, nightclubs, offices etc.) or broadcast (BBC, commercial radio, commercial TV etc.) and ensure that revenue flows back to our members. These include both independent and major record companies, together with performers ranging from emerging grassroots artists through to established session musicians and globally renowned artists. PPL’s public performance licensing is carried out on PPL’s behalf by PPL PRS Ltd, the joint venture between PPL and PRS for Music. We also collect performance rights internationally when music is played overseas in public and used on TV, radio and some online streaming services, as well as for private copying. International royalties are an increasingly important revenue stream for performers and recording rightsholders. In 2020, in total, we collected £225.7 million across all of our revenue streams, while also distributing money to over 135,000 performers and recording rightsholders. LEARN MORE ABOUT PPL LATEST TWEETS About us News & events Work at PPL Contact us Tools & resources PPL Repertoire search PPL Member/Label search VPL Repertoire search Accessibility Cookies Terms Privacy Code of conduct COVID-19 Secure Slavery statement Help Search tools ©PPL (or its licensors) 2011-2019