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WAM appoints new CEO Western Australia’s peak music association WAM announced Mike Harris as its CEO. He’s expected to take over the role in late February. Most recently occupying a senior management…

ARIA launched its own charts app on music streaming service Spotify this morning. The app will feature each week’s ARIA charts, such as Albums and Singles, as well as all of ARIA’s specialty charts…

This morning, Triple J announced the final five nominees for their 2013 J Award: Australian Album of the Year. Abbe May’s Kiss My Apocalypse, Boy Bear’s Harlequin Dream, Horrorshow’s King Amongst…

Tame Impala proved themselves to be the reigning kings of Western Australian music, taking out four major wins at the 20th Western Australia Music Awards. The awards were held over two nights. The…

The latest Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) National Listener Survey shows that the 350+ community radio stations in Australia are drawing more listeners. An average of 29% of…

Tim Levinson is a rare beast. He’s won awards as an artist, the acts he represents have taken out trophies, and last year the label he runs bagged one. This year, he deserves an award for longevity –…

Today, The Music Network launches a special microsite for the music industry, in association with ARIA and Rdio. We’ll be bringing you regular news, insights, overviews of all the nominees, blasts…

More bad news for 2Day FM: this morning the Federal Court threw out a bid to stop broadcast watchdog Australian Communication Media Authority from investigating whether airing the royal prank call…

Musicians who emerged with rock music backgrounds are among those nominated for the 2013 Screen Music Awards. Custard’s David McCormack, Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, Gotye’s producer Francois…

Record, release, promote. That’s the old way, reckons Benji Rogers. The future as he sees it is all about a deep engagement between musicians and their fans, where the recording process is part of…

Singer Jenny Morris was elected the first new Chair of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 20 years. This followed the resignation of composer Mike Perjanik, who held the post for…

How many Glastonburys have you done? It’s a bragging right for anyone who has spent a long, lost weekend at the famous English festival. Whatever your answer, it won’t stack against the efforts of…