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A bill aimed at cracking down on ticket scalping was introduced in NSW parliament yesterday by Anthony Roberts, Minister of Fair Trading. According to Minister Roberts the Fair Trade Amendment…

“You can’t change sentiment with advertising” in the festival market, according to Paul Sloan from Billions Australia, speaking at the What The Festival panel this morning. Social media is killing…

NEWS Commercial radio hold National Radio Conference On Friday, the commercial radio industry gathered in Brisbane for the National Radio Conference. Morten Boyer from GfK spoke to the attendee’s and…

The Music Network, in association with Sydney TAFE Music, has launched Australia’s first music industry charts course, designed specifically for industry professionals and music students: to learn…

“Not independent.” When those two words were shot out at the 2012 AIR Awards as Lanie Lane took a prize, the independent music community found its rogue. R.I.P Society Records owner Nic Warnock was…

Music streaming service Rara has signed a deal with Toshiba that will see its Windows 8 music app pre-loaded on millions of Toshiba PCs and tablets in Australia. The deal also covers consumers in New…

MTV Australia is moving most of its broadcasting operations to London, as the global channel centralises most roles in the UK. These include programming, production, creative, production management,…

The issue of “fair use” in relation to copyright in sound recordings came sharply into focus recently when Australian music label Liberation Music found itself as the defendant in a law suit filed in…

Moshcam, creators of the world’s largest online catalogue of originally-produced live music videos, have launched a new look website, and have joined the ranks of the top 3% of music channels…

With festivals going bust or downsizing and tour promoters going out of business, you’d imagine that the festival bubble has burst in Australia. But prospects are good for the next 15 months,…