Poppy Reid

In the run up to the New Zealand elections this week Eminem is suing the National Party. The rap mogul claims the National Party infringed the copyright of his Grammy and Oscar-winning song Lose…

Facebook has hired a handful of staff from the California-based audio production company which produced tracks for the Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Dance Dance Revolution game series’. WaveGroup Sound…

MTV has announced an international campaign to offer its fans a chance to kick-start a career in the creative industries. Through its international, multi-platform initiative MTV Breaks, three young…

The Australian Tax Office has obtained royalty payment details of over 15,000 artists and 1000 companies in a bid to crack down on non-compliant taxpayers. The ATO has the details of some $800…

With an impressive roster than spans the full spectrum of genres on both sides of the Atlantic, The Windish Agency could be labelled a proud oxymoron; after opening its doors a decade ago Tom Windish…

It’s been ten years since their last headline tour and Spiderbait have managed to sell out all seven dates, including three shows at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel. The perennial Aus rock icons released a…

The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards wrapped up last night in California and Australia took a nice chunk of the pie with 5 Seconds of Summer beating out Katy Perry and Ariana Grande for Best Lyric Video…

AirCheck, the RCS-owned company which provides radio and television data to broadcasters, labels, analysts and media including The Music Network, will hold a Radio Presentation Seminar this month.…

Hip hop industry magnate Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, who helmed the careers of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre was shot six times at a pre-VMAs party early this morning. Knight, who founded Death Row…

Studios 301 has announced the five acts who have won 40 hours (eight hours each) free studio time at its Sydney and Byron Bay recording studios. Scott Saunders of acid jazz band Directions In Groove…

After leaking News Corp Australia’s confidential Weekly Operating Statement, news website Crikey has said it will remove and destroy all electronic and hard copy versions of the accounts. Crikey made…

Google is now processing an average of one million removal requests per day. According to TorrentFreak, the number is a new record for Google and follows a rising trend with copyright holders and…