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The Ivors Academy has today announced the nominations for The Ivors Composer Awards 2020.

Anonymous author, artist and activist The Secret DJ discusses the overlapping consequences of COVID, Brexit and the cost of living crisis and their impacts on the live music industry.

Many nominated works tackle the turbulence of our times as composers address issues around climate change, Brexit, the Windrush Generation, universal suffrage, bird conservation, nuclear proliferation, and homophobia in Northern Ireland.

Yesterday (Wednesday) Nicky Morgan, Chair of House of Commons Treasury Committee, was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, by the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The Musicians’ Union (MU) and its members have called on MPs from across all political parties to pledge to protect the careers of musicians working in the EU.

Following a landslide victory for the Conservatives, the BPI’s chief executive Geoff Taylor urges the government to deliver a trade deal with the EU that ‘boosts’ UK music exports.

The value of music must be upheld across all platforms in order for streaming to become sustainable, PRS for Music’s head of policy and public affairs John Mottram has warned.

Digital Minister Matt Hancock has said the government does not back any proposals for a copyright exception for user-generated content (UGC).

Further to the BMI’s reaction to the election result today (Friday), the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM), Bacc for the Future, AIM and UK Music have responded to the Conservative’s landslide victory.

Following the UK government’s announcement that it has no plans to implement the UK Copyright Directive, The Association of Independent Music (AIM) has reacted to the news.

Music managers across Europe now have a new collective body, allowing 'closer involvement in all discussions and decisions that impact future direction of the global music business.'

Adele, Coldplay, David Bowie and Rolling Stones led the way in driving UK global sales in 2016, which are up 11 percent to £365m.

Music contributed £4.1bn to the British economy in 2015, aided by increased export growth across the sector, according to the new Measuring Music 2016 report.

Record labels, publishers and brands must take care to back the right grime artists in order for the genre to flourish, warns BBC 1Xtra music manager Austin Daboh.

Recorded music export revenues have reached their highest level since the turn of the millennium, hitting £408.4m in 2017, according to new figures.