Christie Eliezer

Internet radio company Pandora this week announced it hit a milestone: it has now paid US$1.5 billion to rights holders and creators since it began ten years ago. Operating only in Australia, New…

French streaming service Deezer is planning an IPO, and is expected to list on the Euronext stock exchange in Paris by end of the year. Our contemplated IPO represents a key step in the continued…

New figures released by the RIAA show that retail revenues for the US recorded music market fell 0.5% between early January and end of June 2015, compared to the same period of 2014. Wholesale…

Sydney-based Future Classic has signed with full service company Caroline International for digital and physical distribution for some overseas territories. The deal sees Caroline International, part…

A month after Apple s SVP of Internet Software Eddy Cue reported that Apple Music had hit 11 million users, the service has now grown to 15 million users, sources told the New York Post. Apple Music…

A man died at EDM festival Defqon.1, held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith in the city s inner west. Initial reports claimed that another nine attendees were hospitalised. The…

Lorde, Ruban and Kody Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Swingers and Stan Walker were among the winners at the 2015 APRA Silver Scroll awards at Auckland s Vector Arena. Ruban and Kody Nielson…

Microsoft has finally admitted defeat and is retiring its music streaming and download platform Zune on November 15. Zune Music Pass subscribers will be automatically handballed to Groove Music,…

Ahead of today s ministerial shuffle, the Australia creative sector moved quickly to lobby for George Brandis removal as Arts Minister and to abandon his National Program for Excellence in the Arts…

Five Australasian artists are up for wins at the MTV Europe Music Awards, held at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan on Sunday October 25. Taylor Swift leads with nine record breaking nominations,…

Streaming might be the future. But artist-lead streaming service TIDAL gives a nod to the past by selling CDs for selected artists. Acts can already sell their merchandise to fans through the…

Luxury English fashion house Burberry gets its own dedicated Apple Music channel to promote British acts. It is Apple s first global brand to get a channel. The move is expected to bolster the tech…