Poppy Reid

Damian Cunningham, festival booker and owner of Elastic Entertainment, has been appointed Director of Audience and Sector Development at the National Live Music Office. Cunningham will work with…

Spotify has broadened its reach into e-commerce through a partnership with music technology company BandPage. BandPage, a free app that allows musicians to sell tickets and products and share…

Apple has responded to multiple reports which suggest it will shut down its acquired streaming service Beats Music. Apple has denied overnight reports published by tech news websites like The Verge,…

Applications are open for the 2015 Indent Partnership Grants program, developed for young people to stage youth music events. Funded by ArtsNSW, this grants fall under two categories: The Grass Roots…

Tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom hopes to raise $4.5 million for his online music service Baboom by listing it on the Australian Stock Exchange by the end of the year. Baboom, to be officially launched…

This week Lorde talks emoticons with Lewi McKirdy at triple j, Kilter visits FBi Radio in Sydney, Elen Levon performed to a massive crowd in Sicily and Briggs and Gurrumul visit triple j for a…

Shazam has made an update to its iOS version overnight that allows users to playback full songs after they Shazam them. The music discovery app has teamed with Rdio for the free update, enabling…

Audio streaming platform SoundCloud is allegedly finalising licensing deals with the major labels and publishers. In May, rumours about a potential acquisition of SoundCloud by social media behemoth…

APRA AMCOS has partnered with Arts Queensland to sponsor this year’s Grant McLennan Fellowship for the first time. Nominations for the $25,000 funding opportunity opened today with all…

News Ltd have today reported Robin Thicke sold just 54 copies of his latest LP in its first week in Australia, TMN can reveal the report is based on false information. Nick Bond, an entertainment…

London-based Kobalt Neighbouring Rights (KNR) has signed Red Hot Chili Peppers, Akon, Lenny Kravitz and Foxes to its roster. The news comes just under six months since the global service signed 18…

The new owner-occupier of Big Day Out’s office space in Surry Hills has turned the warehouse into a performance studio. The Marlborough Street property, which was tenanted by the festival…