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PPL pays out a record £98 million in June

PPL, the UK’s music licensing company for recorded music, has made a record quarterly payment to more than 121,000 performers and recording rightsholders, in its second distribution of the year.
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PPL pays out £17.4 million of international revenue in 2023 Q1 distribution
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Trevor Horn signs to PPL for international neighbouring rights collections
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PPL and PRS for Music joint venture – PPL PRS Ltd – Marks fifth anniversary

£1 billion in public performance revenues distributed by PPL and PRS for Music since 2018 launch.
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Fraser T Smith awarded the PPL present Outstanding Contribution to UK Music Award
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Peter Leathem, PPL CEO, awarded OBE in new year honours list

In his Majesty the King’s New Year Honours List Peter Leathem has been awarded the honour of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (“OBE”) for services to the music industry.
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Roxanne de Bastion re-elected, David Lee elected as Performer Directors at PPL’s Annual Performer Meeting 2022

At this year's PPL Annual Performer Meeting (APM), singer-songwriter Roxanne de Bastion was re-elected as a Performer Director, and horn player David Lee was elected as a Performer Director. This means music manager David Stopps steps down as a Performer Director after six years.
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PPL pays out £14.7 million of international revenue in Q3 distribution

In today’s Q3 distribution of international revenue (30 September), PPL will pay £14.7 million to more than 33,000 performers and recording rightsholders, either as direct members of PPL or indirectly through other collective management organisations (CMOs).
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CMO Gramex Denmark visits PPL to discuss neighbouring rights best practice

On 15 - 16 August, PPL hosted neighbouring rights collective management organisation (CMO) Gramex Denmark, the country’s neighbouring rights collection society.
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PPL presents revenue recovery at Annual General Meeting 2022

At today’s PPL Annual General Meeting (20 June) Chief Executive Officer Peter Leathem presented the company’s positive 2021 financial results to its recording rightsholders members.
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PPL CEO Peter Leathem re-elected to the Board of global trade body SCAPR

Peter Leathem, Chief Executive Officer of the music licensing collective management organisation (CMO) PPL, has been re-elected to the Board of global trade body SCAPR for a second four-year term by the organisation’s members at its General Assembly in Rome.
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Leicester’s Curve theatre names seat after PPL CEO Peter Leathem OBE to mark 10 years in role

A seat has been named in Leicester’s Curve theatre to mark Peter Leathem’s 10th year as Chief Executive Officer of music licensing company PPL.
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