Christie Eliezer

Aussies can view NZ awards via Snapchat The estimated 2 million Australian monthly users of the video and messaging app Snapchat can view the action at the November 19 New Zealand Music Awards in…

Melbourne s 123 Agency this morning announced the launch of a corporate division to tap into the lucrative market of providing entertainment for gala dinners and award ceremonies, blue chip sporting…

Major Sydney rock and EDM mecca, the Goodgod Small Club, is for sale. Owners Jimmy Sing and Hana Shimada say they want to move on to other projects after five years, and are hoping that the new…

Network Seven s 2016 slate includes a number of music-themed shows. Following on from Seven s runaway ratings success of the INXS and Peter Allen mini-series comes Molly, the long awaited two-part…

Sam Smith s Stay With Me was named song of the year at the BMI Awards after being the most-performed British song on US TV and radio last year. Smith had strong competition from Ed Sheeran who had…

Apple Music lost millions of users when its free trial ran out in late September. According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, 6.5 million have remained as paying subscribers of the 15 million who tried out the…

Jamie xx s In Colour, Florence The Machine s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful and Aphex Twin s Syro were among those nominated for the Mercury Prize for the UK and Ireland s most creative album in…

Max Hole, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group International, has stepped down from his roles due to ill-health, effective immediately. In his role, regional heads including Australia and New…

French music streaming service Deezer is aiming to raise 300 million (Australian $467.5 million) in a bid to grab market share and subscribers from Spotify and Apple. It will sell up to 8.2 million…

Perth-based music association WAM added 36 more speakers to the WA Music Conference. It is held at the State Theatre Centre of WA on Friday November 6 and Saturday 7. Initially there were only to be…

A new US reality TV series tentatively called Music Moguls will focus on the business and personal lives of Snoop Dogg, Birdman, Jermaine Dupri and Damon Dash. They number among the wealthiest of hip…

In the latest battle in the music streaming service war, Pandora has acquired live events technology company Ticketfly for US$450 million. The move will provide a service that Pandora s rivals don t…