IMPEL welcomes Musou Music Publishing — the first Greek publisher to join its collective

01 May 2025 - Press release

 

Musou Music Publishing is part of Musou Music Group, which was founded in 2006 and also includes Musou Music Production, Musou Studios, and Musou Records. 

Musou Music Publishing has been awarded a total of three Grand, eight Golden, three Silver and four Bronze Ermis Awards, including for Best Original Music Composition, Best Music Adaptation and Best Sound Design.

Musou Music Group’s General Manager Irina Loukatou said: "In a digital environment that is becoming increasingly complex, with growing demands for protection, licensing, and rights collection, cooperation with IMPEL ensures the best results. This also includes more efficient claims management and the collection of digital revenues for represented catalogues, which contribute value and help boost our business.”

IMPEL CEO Sarah Williams said: “Musou is one of the leading independent companies in Greece and a trusted partner for high profile and successful businesses from all over the world. We’re really pleased to bring Musou Music Publishing into the IMPEL community, and look forward to the added repertoire, expertise and creativity that it will bring to our now incredibly diverse membership - They bring the total number of member countries to 17.”

IMPEL is the international collective licensing agency representing digital music publishing rights. It is 100% owned and controlled by its members, which include respected independent publishers such as Bucks Music Group, Beggars Music, Reservoir Music, Kassner Music, CTM, ABKCO, TRO Essex, Faber Music, Mute Song, Budde UK, Phrased Differently and many more.

The IMPEL membership represents a diverse collection of works recorded by many of the world’s biggest artists, past and present, including Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Dua Lipa, David Bowie, Ray Charles, Rihanna, Beyonce, Calvin Harris, Elvis Presley and Joni Mitchell.