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Kylie fronts MasterCard campaign, pulls an extra 2m viewers for The Voice UK

As Kylie Minogue drops details of her new single, her profile in the UK has taken another leap as she becomes both the focus of a heavily-promoted push for the Brit Awards - and the new judge of The…

Chrissy Amphlett: my photographic infatuation

Back in the early ’80s I wandered into the Piccadilly Hotel, Kings Cross, on a rainy Monday night for a beer and to watch whatever resident band was playing. I got lucky: it was the Divinyls…

Heatseeker: Naya Rivera

You might know her as Santana Lopez from Glee, but Naya Rivera is so much more than that, and in order to prove it – and consequently future-proof her relevance once Glee wraps up next year (I know…

triple j Unearthed pick of the week: October 25, 2013

Robbie Miller Sunday Brisbane singer songwriter Robbie Miller stepped into some big shoes earlier this year when triple j Unearthed picked the 24 year old muso as the winner of our annual National…

Industrial Strength: October 30, 2013

Festivals #1: inaugural Panama launches in Tasmania Music and arts experience Panama will be held March 8 and 9 in the forests of North-Eastern Tasmania. It features Australian and International…

Radio ad revenue up in all markets

Australians increasingly watching online videos

It’s still early days, but 24% (or one in four) Australians prefer to watch content through mobile devices and tablets than on TV. It is mostly for news and live sports, say analysts Frost Sullivan.…

ARIA launches charts app on Spotify

ARIA launched its own charts app on music streaming service Spotify this morning. The app will feature each week’s ARIA charts, such as Albums and Singles, as well as all of ARIA’s specialty charts…

Bieber’s manager forming $120m “super-coalition” venture

Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun is putting together a $120 million music business investment fund venture with high profile musicians and managers, The New York Times revealed overnight.…

South Australia’s live music scene report out today

UK festival promoter Martin Elbourne’s long awaited Future of Live Music in South Australia report will be released today (Nov 12). Elbourne was appointed Thinker In Residence last September by the…