Brussels, 20th May 2025
IMPF has seen four more companies join its popular Friends & Supporters programme in quick succession.
IMPF started the Friends and Supporters programme in 2021 to offer those who wish to support the independent music publishing community worldwide the chance to do so.
IMPF is the only global trade body that represents independent music publishing companies exclusively, and the programme allows entities or individuals to align with those companies via IMPF‘s values and mission.
Koda is a Danish non-profit music rights organisation that represents 51,000 composers, songwriters, and music publishers. Dedicated to ensuring that its members receive fair compensation when their music is used, Koda also looks to make the music industry more socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable.
Koda CEO Gorm Arildsen said: “Koda is delighted to join the IMPF Friends and Supporters programme, a community that shares our commitment to supporting and promoting independent music publishers worldwide. We look forward to strengthening collaboration and driving a more inclusive, dynamic, and sustainable global music ecosystem, while working together to protect and promote the rights of independent music creators worldwide.”
Spain’s Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) is a non-profit music rights organisation that represents more than 100,000 composers, songwriters, and music publishers. In 2024, it reached the highest global revenue in its 125-year history, hitting €390 million. This figure represents an 11.7% year-on-year increase, €41million more than in 2023. The society distributed more than €349 million to its members, surpassing the previous financial year (329M) and marking the second-highest payout of authors’ rights ever. A total of 83,602 SGAE members received royalties in 2024, up from 83,148 in 2023. SGAE distributes income received from on-line music platforms on a monthly basis, as well as royalties from major concerts (i.e. those generating more than €200,000 in box office revenue). All other income types are distributed quarterly. Currently, more than 2,500 music publishers are members of SGAE.
Cristina Perpiñá-Robert, CEO of SGAE said: “We are proud to be one of the Friends and Supporters of IMPF (F&S). Our commitment is to ensure that independent music publishers and their authors and composers receive the best possible returns from the use of their works and catalogues. Year after year, SGAE strives to offer the most competitive rates on the market. Since 2022, SGAE has been progressively reducing our members’ administration fees, resulting in an additional increase of 6.7M Euros in authors’ rights distributions.”
Founded in 1923, STIM is a Swedish non-profit member organisation tasked with ensuring that its more than 110,000 affiliated rightsholders and music publishers get paid when their music is used. It provides conditions for creativity and regrowth in the Swedish music industry, and strives to ensure that there are strong copyright laws in place.
Casper Bjørner, CEO STIM, said: “We are proud to join IMPF as Friends and Supporters. This step reinforces our commitment to championing the vital role of independent music publishers in the global music rights ecosystem. As drivers of innovation and creativity, independent publishers are essential to the industry’s growth. By supporting IMPF, we aim to highlight their significance and contribute to a fairer, more balanced music landscape.”
TONO is the Norwegian collective management organisation representing composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers. It manages rights and royalties for more than 43,000 creators and publishers in Norway, in addition to millions of international creators and publishers through reciprocal agreements with over 80 sister societies globally. Its primary mission is licensing music for public performances such as broadcasting, streaming, concerts and live events, cinema, and background music. With a vision of creating value for music creators and users, TONO ensures efficient rights management and advocates for fair compensation.
TONO CEO Karl Vestl said: “Music publishers play an increasingly crucial role within TONO, and we continuously strive to deepen our connections with them. By joining IMPF, we enhance our ability to collaborate effectively and maintain close dialogue with international music publishers. This aligns perfectly with our goal of being an essential partner and value creator for creators and music publishers, both domestically and internationally.”
IMPF President Annette Barrett said: “The popularity of IMPF’s Friends and Supporters category is self-evident, and I’m very pleased to welcome KODA, SGAE, STIM and TONO, four key European CMOs who are joining the programme. We value their work individually at national level and the synergy they create by aligning with IMPF and our music publisher members, many of whom sit on the CMO Boards. Its very heartening to know we have a shared mission to make sure that independent music publishing and collective management continues to thrive, and we look forward to working alongside you all to address the many challenges that we face in common.”
About
IMPF is the only global trade and advocacy body exclusively for independent music publishers. Based in Brussels, the organisation represents 230 independent music publishers across five different continents, combining to create a highly engaged membership that includes some of the most successful music companies and entrepreneurs in the world.
IMPF works to stimulate a more favourable business environment across different territories and jurisdictions for its music publisher members and the songwriters and composers they represent.
In 2025, IMPF was the recipient of a second Creative Europe grant, with a mission to help build the capacity of independent music publishers both in Europe and around the world. The organisation also runs an incredibly successful and fast-growing Friends & Supporters scheme for companies who wish to align with the global independent music publishing community.
