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The new organization UK Music was formed this week to represent the entire music industry in the UK in designing a united plan for the future.

"The organisation represents a wide range of music bodies, including BPI, the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, and the Music Managers Forum," writes GIGWISE's Jason Gregory.

"Its chief executive Feargal Sharkey, the former Undertones lead singer who has since forged a career in music policy, promised it would present a united front to the challenges facing the industry and speak with a coherent voice to the press, and lobby policymakers in Westminster and Brussels," writes The Guardian's Owen Gibson. "Sharkey said the new body would mark 'a bold new chapter for the UK's commercial music industry,' with the launch of a manifesto and a collective submission to the government on illegal file sharing."

"The establishment of UK Music follows the recent government-led memorandum of understanding signed by ISPs and record labels in a bid to crack down on illegal file sharing and develop new revenue models such as unlimited music bundled with broadband subscriptions," writes NMA's Danielle Long. "UK Music has also commissioned a research project to follow up its survey of digital consumption patterns of young music fans."

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