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Connecting the global independent music community Connecting the global independent music community!

WIN is the worldwide network that connects and develops independent music associations.

16/10/2026

WIN in the news! 🗞️ What has changed for independent music in 25 years? In the October edition of Mondo Sonoro, our CEO Noemí Planas reflects on her career, the role of trade associations worldwide, and WIN’s work on streaming and AI.

Full interview page 59: https://issuu.com/mondosonoro/docs/mondo_sonoro_octubre_2026

14/10/2026

Our quarterly newsletter recap of everything that happened at WIN in the third quarter of 2026 is now in your inbox! Some busy months:

✔️ We published our Annual Report 2025-26 and 20 years’ milestones.
✔️ We organized BRIDGE activities in Quito, Panama City, Adelaide, and Bali.
✔️ We brought the APAC Alliance together in Australia and continued expanding the LATAM Network.
✔️ We opened applications for WINHUB Jazz & Global Music and announced a new event in Mexico.
✔️ We welcomed Sound Royalties as a new WIN Supporter and partnered with Reeperbahn Festival.
✔️ We joined new industry-wide initiatives on AI labeling and streaming fraud and updated our resources on AI & copyright.

And as usual, we’re also sharing details on other ongoing projects, associations in development, new benefits & resources, and the latest articles about WIN in the press.

Already subscribed? Check your inbox. Not yet: https://mailchi.mp/9af6859e7c93/b4czv6ys5h

14/10/2026

WIN Community & Projects Manager Nerea Serrano is in Sofia 🇧🇬 this week connecting with the international independent music community and contributing to the conference program.

This morning, Nerea moderated Management Against the Machine, exploring how to protect artistic development and creative decision-making in an industry increasingly shaped by algorithms and commercial pressures.

🎤 Catch Nerea moderating the panel Distribution After the Gold Rush: Independent Labels, Invisible Infrastructure, and the New Middle Class of Music

🗓️ Thursday 15 October ⏰ 11:00
📍 Peroto

🎉 Celebrating 25 years of IMPALA! WIN’s sister organization IMPALA is marking its 25th anniversary with special activities celebrating a quarter-century of championing Europe’s independent music sector within the ANMIP program

25 Years of IMPALA - The Interview
🗓️ Thursday 15 October ⏰ 13:30
📍 Presentation Room
Join IMPALA’s Executive Chair, Helen Smith, for a public conversation exploring IMPALA’s journey over the past 25 years and its contribution to the development of independent music associations and organizations across Europe, the Balkans and South-East Europe.

IMPALA Party
🗓️ Thursday 15 October ⏰ 18:00–19:00
📍 Culture Beat
A networking opportunity to connect with the IMPALA community and celebrate this milestone together!

09/10/2026

Our first time at MIL Lisboa! 🇵🇹🎶

MIL Lisboa's 10th edition at Casa Capitão under the theme "No Fakes" was a great setting for the conversations around sustainable careers and fair opportunities for independent music around the world. Our CEO Noemí Planas, visiting for the first time, spoke at a panel about risk and investment in the music sector. It was great to see Sonia Durán from our Spanish member UFi there with the Sounds from Spain 🇪🇸 mission and catch up with representatives of SIM São Paulo 🇧🇷, as well as with many other colleagues.

Thank you to the MIL team for the warm welcome, and to everyone who took the time to meet, share ideas and listen to new music!

08/10/2026

Last week, IMPALA brought its network together in Dublin for its AGM and the second European Independent Music Summit 🇪🇺, as the organization continues its 25th anniversary celebrations and looks ahead to the next chapter for the independent sector in Europe.

It was a timely moment to revisit our WIN Annual Report 2025–26, where IMPALA Executive Chair Helen Smith shared her perspective on what independence means in 2026 and the priorities that will shape the sector.

🗨️ “IMPALA’s founders realised the potential of collective intelligence early on, and our focus has always been very bottom up, welcoming different business models, brands, and identities within the network. I think that’s one of the main reasons IMPALA has been effective. WIN’s work is essential because all of our opportunities and challenges have local, regional, and international aspects that are all moving parts.”

The interview also explores the role of collective action and the importance of connecting independent music communities across regions, something that sits at the heart of both IMPALA’s work and WIN’s global network.

Read the full interview with Helen Smith on the WIN website.

06/10/2026

🎷 WINHUB JAZZ & GLOBAL MUSIC 🎷

Are you an independent music company working with jazz & global music? Register for the WINHUB JAZZ & GLOBAL MUSIC online event taking place on November 25–26 and connect with like-minded businesses across the globe.

🤝 The event is designed to make cross-regional networking accessible wherever you are in the world with three dedicated speed-meeting windows.

📝 Applications are open until October 23. Ask your trade association for the link to register.

💲Participation is free for members of WIN associations and places are limited.

This event is organized by WIN in partnership IMPALA and co-funded by the EU through IMPALA’s Network Project.

01/10/2026

As part of WIN’s 20th anniversary celebrations, we’re revisiting the special edition of our WIN Annual Report 2025–26 featuring voices from across the network.

In this interview, American Association of Independent Music CEO Ian Harrison shares his thoughts on what independence means in 2026, the importance of protecting the infrastructure that supports the independent sector, and the power of working together globally.

🗨️ “Independents are built inside the cultures and genres they serve, so investing in new artists isn’t a strategy, it’s the reason we exist. That closeness produces constant invention in business models, marketing, and the music itself, out of passion, necessity, or usually both. A structure answering to public markets can’t hold risk that long. Ours can, and long-term artist development takes exactly that endurance.”

Read the full interview with Ian Harrison on the WIN website.

30/09/2026

Planning a release in Asia, Latin America or WANA? Know where your music can be heard!

Our “DSPs per Country” report maps the availability of the top 5 global streaming services + local players in each country within these regions, so that independent labels and music professionals can better understand the digital landscape of these markets.

Download it now: link in bio

Learn more about the BRIDGE project: winformusic.org/bridge

23/09/2026

Congrats to Assoc of Independent Music for hosting another great edition of the iMA (Independent Music Awards) and to all the winners and nominees 🇬🇧🏆!

Special shoutout to Pauline Black, pioneering frontwoman of The Selecter who received the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Music Award, in association with Merlin and to Best Independent Label and Best Boutique Label winners Because Music and untitled (recs)!

Discover the full list of winners in 🔗 in stories.

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