Poppy Reid

Here's all the music industry news you need to know this morning. Warner/Chappell is suing EMI for allegedly only paying half the royalties it owes on the 20th Century Fox catalogue. - via Billboard…

Spotify streams for Hanson soared during the trio's tour of Australia and New Zealand last month. Spotify Australia told TIO the band's plays were up 235% on the service as they brought their Middle…

If a report by gossip rag TMZ is to be believed, Kanye West has quit his role as one of the founding shareholders of Jay-Z's streaming service, TIDAL. According to TMZ, "sources close to Kanye" have…

Paul McCartney and Sony/ATV have quietly settled on a landmark case over rights to songs he wrote with the Beatles. The legendary singer, songwriter and bass player sued the music publishing giant in…

BMG worldwide has acquired a 50% interest in the entire publishing back-catalogue of The Potbelleez. The deal with the multi-APRA award-winning, multi-Platinum dance trio includes tracks ‘Don’t Hold…

Currently, Stu Larsen is splitting his time between continents, whether it be his native Australia, Europe, Asia or North America. The Toowomba-born nomad may not be selling out arenas in his home…

PRESS RELEASE: MusicNSW has announced two great new Sound Advice panels on taking the next step in your music career. Featuring the best in the biz, these panels are for musicians and emerging…

The party has ended badly for Robert F. Sillerman, the one-time EDM power-player whose latest venture Function(x) Inc was delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange last week for reportedly failing to…

If there was one thing that could have killed Jay-Z’s career, it was success. The music of Shawn Carter has always been defined by its scrappiness, his songs underpinned by an explicit sympathy for…

Off the back of her debut single ‘Sassaparilla' debuting at #4 on the US Spotify Viral Chart, #3 on the Spotify Global Chart and #29 on the iTunes Dance Chart, Muki has just inked a booking deal for…

Canadian courts can now force search engines like Google to remove illegal sites from search results both in Canada and worldwide. The landmark ruling, handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada…

The axe has dropped at Pandora, claiming three top executives and the Internet radio group’s Australasian operations, TIO can confirm. In a dramatic changing of the guard, the company has released…