Poppy Reid

A report by media and technology analysis company MIDiA has said YouTube’s upcoming streaming service Music Key will fail to drive up revenue for artists and labels. The company and its analyst Mark…

Broadcaster Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) has announced the return of popular duo Hamish Blake and Andy Lee in the 2DayFM Drive slot and Dan Debuf and Maz Compton into the breakfast slot. Hamish and…

Four days after Sony UK’s Nick Gatfield left his CEO position, his deputy has been promoted. As reported by Billboard, Executive Vice President Nicola Tuer has advanced to the newly created role of…

Universal Music Group (UMG) has made its three East Coast consolidated labels Def Jam Recordings, Island Records and Motown Records into standalone labels under the UMG umbrella. The closing of the…

All 57 recommendations put forward in the Live Music Matters action plan were unanimously endorsed at a Cultural and Community Committee meeting held at Sydney Town Hall last night. The report was…

The Americana Music Association has announced an Australian advisory group to provide opportunities to national artists. The group comprises of label veteran and founder of management company TCO…

“I’m not saying it’s not misogyny to say, ‘suck my dick before I slap you with it’. It is. But some girls want to hear that.” Malcolm McCormack aka Mac Miller is backstage at the Sydney leg of Big…

The UK copyright law will undergo an update on June 1 when the Government makes it legal to copy media, including CDs, for personal use. It is currently illegal to copy content from CDs onto devices…

Shazam has announced a partnership with Juno, a UK-based online dance music store, to add four million dance tracks to its 35 million+ database - 110,000 of which are currently only available on…

This week radio don Sia wigs to celebrate the release of Chandelier, Jurassic 5 and Gemma Pike visit Triple J and The Potbelleez’ Ilan Kidron wins an ASCAP Award in NYC [FinalTilesGallery id=’20’]

Twitter has pulled its #Music app from Apple iTunes’ App Store and will discontinue the service exactly one year after its launch. The app was developed by Brisbane-based software start-up We Are…

John Butler’s not-for-profit Seed Fund has announced its three grants and two initiatives for 2014. Celebrating its decade run, The Seed Fund has brought back its annual ‘Management Workshop’, which…