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Musitec returns Connected Music City Challenge

Musitec, the SA Government s music-focussed industry development cluster, has returned its Connected Music City Challenge (CMCC). Launching on August 31 at St Paul’s Creative Centre, the CMCC is part…

Exclusive: BMG Aus beefs up creative team

BMG Australia, which launched in March and acquired iconic music company Alberts last month, has tapped Kobalt s Allegra Caldwell for its creative team. Caldwell joins the Sydney-based stand-alone…

Sia was one of Sony Music’s biggest sellers in Q1

Sony Corporation has announced the Top 10 highest earning albums from the first quarter of 2016, and Adelaide native Sia came in at #6. Sia s seventh LP This Is Acting, which topped the ARIA chart in…

Q&A: Slowly Slowly talk anti-love anthems and cathartic payoffs

TMN chats to Ben Stewart, one half of Melbourne grunge-rock band Slowly Slowly about new LP Chamomile, the career pitfall he’d like to avoid and the story behind anti love anthem PMTWGR. Tell us…

Alleged KickAss Torrents operator hires Kim Dotcom’s lawyer

Image: Ira Rothken and Kim DotcomSource: Twitter Ira Rothken, the US lawyer who has kept Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom from being extradited to the US since 2012, hopes to do the same for the alleged…

Eventbrite hires three music industry veterans

Eventbrite, the world’s largest self-service ticketing platform, has deepened its presence in the nightlife and dance music sectors in the US. The platform announced three strategic hires for its US…

WMG inks deal with streaming video platform, but it’s not Vevo

Warner Music Group s artists, including Australia s Illy, Conrad Sewell and Hands Like Houses, will have their videos featured across more than 80 streaming services, thanks to a new deal with B2B…

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Guvera pulls out of Australia

The Gold Coast-based streaming service is exiting its native territory following weeks of financial trouble and brand ruination. The move was announced in a note to shareholders yesterday afternoon…

Ministry of Sound’s Tim McGee joins PPCA Board

Ministry of Sound Australia s CEO Tim McGee has replaced Inertia Music CEO Colin Daniels on the PPCA Board. Following the he biennial election for one of the two Licensor Representative positions on…

Three Aussies up for MTV Video Music Awards

Sia, Troye Sivan and Tame Impala are all up for the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Perth Grammy Award nominees Tame Impala have been nominated alongside international heavyweights Beyonc , Adele,…

Ex-artist manager Francis Coady heads up Havas’ local sports & entertainment division

Havas, the global communications and marketing network, has launched its Havas Sports Entertainment (HS E) in Australia. Operating from Havas Sydney office, HS E will be lead by 20-year entertainment…