Music: Industry

(asked on 30th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings he has had with representatives of the recorded music industry in 2021.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 6th July 2021

In 2021 the Secretary of State has attended meetings with the following representatives of the recorded music industry including:

  • Rob Stringer, Chairman of the Sony Music Group;

  • A roundtable chaired by Sir Bernard Jenkin which included a number of music stakeholders, including Deborah Annetts (Chair of the Incorporated Society of Musicians), Mark Pemberton (Director of the Association of British Orchestras) and Dame Sarah Connolly;

  • Sir Elton John and David Furnish;

  • Lucian Grainge, Universal Music

  • A roundtable that included representatives from the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), Association of Independent Music (AIM), Music Managers Forum (MMF), Musicians Union (MU), UK Music, British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Music Producers Guild;

  • Rebecca Ferguson.

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