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Death of Glen Barnham, former PPL non-executive director
Photo shows David Harmsworth, General Counsel, PPL.

Statement on the death of David Harmsworth from PPL CEO, Peter Leathem OBE
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PRS For Music & PPL partner with music tech company Audoo to enhance public performance royalty distributions
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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.