Poppy Reid

The international music group who provide music for film, television and video has acquired a 49% shareholding in Audio Network Australia Pty Ltd. The Australian subsidiary’s co-founder Linda Tizard…

Universal Music Group (UMG) has today announced the return of EMI Music to China and South East Asia. EMI sold off their Greater China operations in 2008 when ex-EMI Music President and COO Chris…

Organisers of next year’s South by Southwest festival are giving artists the chance to plan their trip to Austin over eight months in advance as applications open a day early. SXSW artist submissions…

Just over a week since IMPALA lodged an anti-trust complaint with the European Commission over YouTube’s strongarm approach to licensing independent labels, the UK indie trade body has confirmed…

Free audio platform SoundCloud is considering a new payout system that will see highly viewed accounts receive remittance. The Guardian spoke to SoundCloud co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer…

Gurrumul, Dan Sultan, Briggs and Jessica Mauboy have all picked up nominations for this year’s National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs). ARIA nominees Shellie Morris, Mauboy, Sultan and Gurrumul are…

SOUNDS AUSTRALIA, the music development initiative largely responsible for our heavy local artist presence at international music events SXSW at MIDEM, has reacted to yesterday’s announcement that…

Warner/Chappell Music Nashville has signed Melbourne singer-songwriter Natalia Starzynski for a worldwide publishing deal. Last year, Starzynski was accepted into ASCAP’s (American Society of…

As reported yesterday and this morning, Big Day Out won’t be going ahead next year after the festival’s Texas-based owner C3 Presents confirmed the news. While both BDO’s Director AJ Maddah and CEO…

Beats Music’s CEO Ian Rogers will now oversee Apple’s iTunes Radio. The news was announced on Saturday when Apple revealed it had finalised its $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics. Beats…

US music, video and audio metadata company Gracenote has hired M-GO CEO John Batter as its new Chief Executive. The appointment follows a decision by Gracenote’s parent company Sony Corporation…

Internet radio app Pandora was the #1 most-downloaded music app and the app to bring in the highest revenue in September, according to app and mobile analytics company App Annie. In its first-ever…