UK Music
UK Music is an umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK’s commercial music industry, from artists, musicians, songwriters and composers, to major and independent record labels, managers, music publishers, studio producers and collecting societies.
Our core goals are to promote awareness and understanding of:
- The interests of the UK music industry at all levels
- The value of music to society, culture and the economy
- Intellectual property rights and how they protect and promote creativity
- The opportunities and challenges for music creators in the digital age
UK Music works around four priority areas, these are:
- Policy and Government Relations
- Policy within the EU
- Education
- Research
Jo Dipple, CEO UK Music
Jo joined UK Music in 2008 as senior policy advisor. Her commercial background is in newspaper publishing: she worked for Today and the News of the World before becoming a columnist for the Daily Mirror. When the first Communications Bill was trailed in 1999, Jo was made Head of Public Affairs for Trinity Mirror Plc to represent CEOs Philip Graf and Sly Bailey. She left Trinity Mirror to join the Treasury in 2006, before working for the Prime Minister in Downing Street’s Strategic Communications Unit. She was appointed chief executive of UK Music in January 2012.
