Christie Eliezer

The NSW Government has launched a $30,000 Artist with Disability Fellowship to boost the professional development of artists with disabilities. It is open to professional mid-career or established…

Last night s episode of the SBS prime-time series Who Do You Think You Are? drew 406,000 of overnight metro viewers. It s not surprising: it featured Peter Garrett s search, especially for the women…

JOEL MADDEN TO RUN VFILES RECORD LABEL Joel Madden, Good Charlotte member and The Voice Australia judge, has teamed with VFILES, the online and app platform for emerging fashion designers, to set up…

YOUTUBE WATCH TIME UP 40% IN AUSTRALIA The amount of time that Australians watch YouTube has increased by 40% year on year, rising up to 55% on mobile. This was one of the figures released at its big…

Video sites like YouTube and Dailymotion may be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies in Europe. It is part of a draft proposal put forward by the European Commission to reform…

Seven s The Big Music Quiz arrested its two-week ratings decline last night. It brought in 873,000 overnight metro viewers for its fourth episode. Last week its figures had slid down to 841,000. The…

POLLY GOODCHILD JOINS SMOOTHFM NOVA Entertainment appointed Polly Goodchild as Integration Marketing Director for Smoothfm Sydney effective October 4. Her brief is to build and develop collaborative…

INAUGURAL WINNER FOR CORNER AWARD The inaugural Corner Award, presented by Melbourne s Corner Hotel, was picked up by Sampa The Great, who won a headliner on November 4, $2,000 in cash, 150 vinyl…

Image: PusciferCredit: Robin Laananen MOFO ANNOUNCES FIRST TWO ACTS The first artist announcement for Hobart s experimental music and arts MOFO is not some weeks away. But curator Brian Ritchie could…

WA FESTIVAL SUPPLIERS WANT STRONGER REGULATION Western Australia s festival suppliers are calling for greater regulation of the state s music events so that they can t avoid lengthy delays in payment…

SONY MUSIC AUST PICKS UP LUPE FIASCO Sony Music Entertainment Australia has signed US MC Lupe Fiasco (pictured), marking the new partnership with new single Pick Up The Phone. It s through…

52% of Aussies are listening to music through smartphones, especially for audio streaming, making them the 9th highest in the world. According to The Music Consumer Insight Report 2016, released…