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Nathan Jolly

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Nathan Jolly is a Sydney-based writer and zen master, who also led the Chicago Bulls to six championships in the '90s.

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Spotify publish, then quickly pull, advert declaring Justin Bieber a "Latin King"

Spotify publish, then quickly pull, advert declaring Justin Bieber a "Latin King"

Spotify unleashed a major publicity gaffe when they launched a somewhat confusing advertisement on their Instagram channel declaring: "Justin Bieber, Now Latin King." Obviously the advert, featuring…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 23, 2017
Spotify publish, then quickly pull, advert declaring Justin Bieber a "Latin King"

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Spotify publish, then quickly pull, advert declaring Justin Bieber a "Latin King"

Spotify unleashed a major publicity gaffe when they launched a somewhat confusing advertisement on their Instagram channel declaring: "Justin Bieber, Now Latin King." Obviously the advert, featuring…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 23, 2017
Taylor Swift's return to streaming services nets US$400K in a week

Taylor Swift's return to streaming services nets US$400K in a week

Early this month, Taylor Swift finally relented and allowed her music back onto streaming services, a move she framed as a celebration of her 1989 album selling over ten million copies, worldwide -…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 22, 2017
Taylor Swift's return to streaming services nets US$400K in a week

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Taylor Swift's return to streaming services nets US$400K in a week

Early this month, Taylor Swift finally relented and allowed her music back onto streaming services, a move she framed as a celebration of her 1989 album selling over ten million copies, worldwide -…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 22, 2017
How Hanson carved out the perfect indie career after MMMBop

How Hanson carved out the perfect indie career after MMMBop

Hanson had already written, recorded and released versions of 'MMMBop', 'Thinking Of You', and 'With You In Your Dreams' by the time they were signed.

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 21, 2017
How Hanson carved out the perfect indie career after MMMBop

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How Hanson carved out the perfect indie career after MMMBop

Hanson had already written, recorded and released versions of 'MMMBop', 'Thinking Of You', and 'With You In Your Dreams' by the time they were signed.

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 21, 2017
Lorde looks likely to score her first number one album in America

Lorde looks likely to score her first number one album in America

Billboard pundits predict that Lorde is on track to score her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this weekend. The industry magazine forecasts that Melodrama should sell 80,000 to 90,000…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 20, 2017
Lorde looks likely to score her first number one album in America

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Lorde looks likely to score her first number one album in America

Billboard pundits predict that Lorde is on track to score her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this weekend. The industry magazine forecasts that Melodrama should sell 80,000 to 90,000…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 20, 2017
Win a complete single package with the AMW/301 Music Prize

Win a complete single package with the AMW/301 Music Prize

On top of this morning's announcement of over 30 international and local artists slated to appear at this year's event, Australian Music Week have also gone and launched The AMW / 301 Music Prize: a…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 20, 2017
Win a complete single package with the AMW/301 Music Prize

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Win a complete single package with the AMW/301 Music Prize

On top of this morning's announcement of over 30 international and local artists slated to appear at this year's event, Australian Music Week have also gone and launched The AMW / 301 Music Prize: a…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 20, 2017
Ministry Of Sound Australia’s Recordings rebranded as TMRW Music

Ministry Of Sound Australia’s Recordings rebranded as TMRW Music

Ministry of Sound Australia has had a major facelift. The dance music specialist has been renamed TMRW Music (pronounced Tomorrow), some 10 months after Ministry of Sound Recordings U.K. was sold to…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 20, 2017
Ministry Of Sound Australia’s Recordings rebranded as TMRW Music

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Ministry Of Sound Australia’s Recordings rebranded as TMRW Music

Ministry of Sound Australia has had a major facelift. The dance music specialist has been renamed TMRW Music (pronounced Tomorrow), some 10 months after Ministry of Sound Recordings U.K. was sold to…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 20, 2017
Frontier are bringing Paul McCartney to Australia and NZ

Frontier are bringing Paul McCartney to Australia and NZ

Frontier have as much as announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand by Sir Paul McCartney: ex-Wings bassist, and co-writer of the 1989 Elvis Costello hit 'Veronica'. The touring company posted the…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 19, 2017
Frontier are bringing Paul McCartney to Australia and NZ

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Frontier are bringing Paul McCartney to Australia and NZ

Frontier have as much as announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand by Sir Paul McCartney: ex-Wings bassist, and co-writer of the 1989 Elvis Costello hit 'Veronica'. The touring company posted the…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 19, 2017
Spotify moves further into the ticketing world with a few key deals

Spotify moves further into the ticketing world with a few key deals

Spotify have teamed with AXS and Eventbrite to offer a wider range of in-app ticket purchases to its users, expanding their reach to hundreds of premium venues around the world. This deal follows…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 16, 2017
Spotify moves further into the ticketing world with a few key deals

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Spotify moves further into the ticketing world with a few key deals

Spotify have teamed with AXS and Eventbrite to offer a wider range of in-app ticket purchases to its users, expanding their reach to hundreds of premium venues around the world. This deal follows…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 16, 2017
Yoko Ono has been retroactively credited as co-writer of 'Imagine'

Yoko Ono has been retroactively credited as co-writer of 'Imagine'

It is common knowledge to many Beatles fans that Yoko Ono co-wrote a number of songs with John that were either credited to John and Paul, or simply John. There's 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Because',…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 16, 2017
Yoko Ono has been retroactively credited as co-writer of 'Imagine'

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Yoko Ono has been retroactively credited as co-writer of 'Imagine'

It is common knowledge to many Beatles fans that Yoko Ono co-wrote a number of songs with John that were either credited to John and Paul, or simply John. There's 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Because',…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 16, 2017
Win flights, accommodation and tickets to Sensation festival in Amsterdam

Win flights, accommodation and tickets to Sensation festival in Amsterdam

You can win tickets, flights and accommodation to one of the world’s biggest dance festivals! Find out how you can enter here!

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 14, 2017
Win flights, accommodation and tickets to Sensation festival in Amsterdam

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Win flights, accommodation and tickets to Sensation festival in Amsterdam

You can win tickets, flights and accommodation to one of the world’s biggest dance festivals! Find out how you can enter here!

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 14, 2017
Vivid Sydney and City of Sydney team up to give local musos a huge boost

Vivid Sydney and City of Sydney team up to give local musos a huge boost

It’s no secret that Sydney has copped something of a lashing in recent times. In truth it isn’t quite as alarming as many make out – although when even Vivid events face 9.30pm closures from noise…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 14, 2017
Vivid Sydney and City of Sydney team up to give local musos a huge boost

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Vivid Sydney and City of Sydney team up to give local musos a huge boost

It’s no secret that Sydney has copped something of a lashing in recent times. In truth it isn’t quite as alarming as many make out – although when even Vivid events face 9.30pm closures from noise…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 14, 2017
Merlin reveal they pay out over $1m a day to independent labels

Merlin reveal they pay out over $1m a day to independent labels

Digital rights agency Merlin revealed it paid a total of US$353m (AUD$468.3m) over twelve months to independent labels, landing just shy of distributing US$1m a day to indies. Luckily (for our…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 14, 2017
Merlin reveal they pay out over $1m a day to independent labels

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Merlin reveal they pay out over $1m a day to independent labels

Digital rights agency Merlin revealed it paid a total of US$353m (AUD$468.3m) over twelve months to independent labels, landing just shy of distributing US$1m a day to indies. Luckily (for our…

By Nathan Jolly - Jun 14, 2017
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