Poppy Reid

Melbourne-based independent music group Unified has added UK band The One Hundred to its predominantly local roster. The group’s three-year-old label UNFD will release the nu-metal band’s debut EP…

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in favour of content owners suing individuals who infringe online copyright laws. Interviewed by David Spears on Sky News’ politically-charged daily news…

Brisbane-based artist manager/journalist Neil Richards and Sydney dance music artist/producer/label-owner Josh Beagley have teamed to form funk label Personal Best Records. Taking cues from seminal…

ARIA CEO Dan Rosen and Simon Bourke, actor and Actors’ Equity President at Studio 301 today launched Australia’s first Digital Content Guide. Designed to offer consumers easy access to licensed…

Applications are now open for the 2014 Vanda Young Songwriting Competition. The Preatures won the competition last year, taking home $50,000 and joining past Vanda Young winners Megan Washington…

The official release of the Government’s Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper has sparked questions about the inquiry into pricing on its one year anniversary. The leaked discussion paper…

Cooking Vinyl Records Owner Martin Goldschmidt and ex-MD Vital Distribution, Mike Chadwick have signed LA-based label Linear Labs to their independent music company Essential Music Marketing. Linear…

Three Six Zero Group, the artist management company behind Calvin Harris and Deadmau5, has teamed with Warner Music Group to launch a record label and publishing arm. The eight-year-old company has…

Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia has struck a partnership with ICM Partners’ live performance division. ICM covers movies, TV, books and new media with offices in LA, New York and London. Its…

Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector has lowered its fees. Last year, Merlin announced a 50% decrease on its commercial deal administration fees and last night announced…

Apple has announced an acquisition to beef up its iTunes Radio. Swell, who developed the podcast streaming and personalised talk-radio app of the same name, was purchased for $31.8 million. Re/code…

A US Department of Justice official has put forward a proposal that would make the offence of illegal streaming a felony rather than a misdemeanor. David Bitkower, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney…