Christie Eliezer

Spotify yesterday was the latest to expand its presence in millions of automobiles. Its Android app introduced to MirrorLink, a standard for in-dash smartphone interfaces through a new app called…

MTV has appointed veteran digital media executive Sean Atkins as its new President, as it pushes for greater digital interaction with its declining viewership. Atkins was most recently General…

Venue operator AEG Ogden has moved one of its long time executives, Steve Hevern, current GM of Sydney s Qantas Credit Union Arena, to head its other Sydney venue Allphones Arena. He replaces Guy…

Music streaming services have discovered music fans aged under 10 exist. Both Rhapsody / Napster and Amazon have in the same week, launched music streaming services for kids. Both companies are…

Internet radio company Pandora this week announced it hit a milestone: it has now paid US$1.5 billion to rights holders and creators since it began ten years ago. Operating only in Australia, New…

Kylie Minogue s upcoming festive album Kylie Christmas features duets with Iggy Pop, Dannii Minogue, James Corden and, er, Frank Sinatra. The album is released in Australia through Festival/ Warner…

Talent manager Scooter Braun s company SB Projects is expanding further into television. He is developing a new heavy music-themed kids animated series called Rock Angels. His partner in the project…

Microsoft has finally admitted defeat and is retiring its music streaming and download platform Zune on November 15. Zune Music Pass subscribers will be automatically handballed to Groove Music,…

Five Australasian artists are up for wins at the MTV Europe Music Awards, held at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan on Sunday October 25. Taylor Swift leads with nine record breaking nominations,…

Streaming might be the future. But artist-lead streaming service TIDAL gives a nod to the past by selling CDs for selected artists. Acts can already sell their merchandise to fans through the…

Luxury English fashion house Burberry gets its own dedicated Apple Music channel to promote British acts. It is Apple s first global brand to get a channel. The move is expected to bolster the tech…

Will The Beatles catalogue finally be on music streaming services as Apple Music and Spotify by Christmas? For a band that broke all the rules and single-handedly lead the way for many of the music…