Poppy Reid

The latest music report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) shows music streaming is still on the rise as digital downloads fall. The consulting firm’s Entertainment Media Outlook 2014-2018 shows the…

Google is refusing to amend contract terms for the independent label sector, despite outcry from the community, over YouTube’s upcoming music streaming service. The Worldwide Independent Network…

Mushroom Publishing Group made history last week when APRA announced their nominees. The music company is the first publisher behind each Song of the Year nominee. With The Drones, The Preatures,…

Universal Music’s Michael Taylor and Darren Aboud have been announced as Joint Managing Directors for Universal Music Labels Australia. Announced by Universal Music Asia Pacific President George Ash,…

Australian rock legend Doc Neeson has passed away, aged 67. The death of The Angels’ frontman was confirmed in a statement posted on Facebook this morning. He passed away at 7:15am at a private…

Shazam is introducing mobile retargeting for advertisers. The offering to target users’ music and genre interests is initially only being offered to record labels, but is expected to be used as a…

This week we catch 2DayFM’s Gold Rush Party for Ellie Goulding, Georgio Moroder, The Preatures and Royal Blood visit triple j and Broods perform at Triple R Melbourne. If you have a pic you’d like…

The Jonesy and Amanda show on WSFM has gained 1.8 points in the latest ratings survey, pushing them to the #1 breakfast position ahead of stablemates Kyle and Jackie O. Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’…

This month marks a decade-and-a-half since the official launch of Napster in 1999. In light of Apple’s acquisition of Beats, a cursory glance over the service’s 15-year history proves that while it…

AM FM radios are disappearing from cars In what has to be a world first, Kurt Hanson’s Radio Internet News has reported that a new GM car has just been released in the US which features a dash screen…

Market and consumer information source GFK, the new provider of Australia’s Radio Ratings Survey data, has issued its first quarterly radio behaviour survey. Named AudienScope, the Q1 results were…

Flume, Future Classic Founder Nathan McLay, US producer Eric J Dubowsky and artist manager David Champion gave advice to up-and-coming artists and those who work behind the scenes on the ARIA…