Poppy Reid

Facebook has hired a handful of staff from the California-based audio production company which produced tracks for the Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Dance Dance Revolution game series’. WaveGroup Sound…

MTV has announced an international campaign to offer its fans a chance to kick-start a career in the creative industries. Through its international, multi-platform initiative MTV Breaks, three young…

The Australian Tax Office has obtained royalty payment details of over 15,000 artists and 1000 companies in a bid to crack down on non-compliant taxpayers. The ATO has the details of some $800…

The international partnerships keep rolling in for Newtown’s DMA’s, who have just inked a deal with full-service US booking agency Paradigm Talent. Home to Aerosmith, Coldplay, The Black Eyed Peas…

The Grateful Dead’s publishing company Ice Nine has inked a global deal with Universal Music Publishing Group to resurrect the iconic rockers’ catalogue. Announced at the weekend by UMPG North…

Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), who collects license fees on behalf of acts like Taylor Swift, Pink, Adam Levine and Nicki Minaj, has reported record-breaking revenues of US$977 million for its fiscal…

Rdio has launched the Australian instalment of Rdio Sessions, a series of live recordings exclusive to Rdio, with UK quartet The 1975. The indie-pop band recorded acoustic versions of Sex, Is There…

Bathurst radio station 1503 2BS Gold was called out in parliament yesterday when Member for Orange Andrew Gee asked the AM station to lift its long-running ban on AC/DC requests. According to Radio…

Following multiple reports that Mark Poston is to leave his post as Managing Director of Parlophone Australia and Warner Bros Records Australia, Warner Music has confirmed the news with TMN. Poston,…

Kobalt Music Group is concluding its first multi-rights label deal with the signing of a services agreement with UK independent label and publisher Marathon Artists. Marathon - co-founded by Jimmy…

In the run up to the New Zealand elections this week Eminem is suing the National Party. The rap mogul claims the National Party infringed the copyright of his Grammy and Oscar-winning song Lose…

A spokesperson for the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has explained why a Friday street date is the best option for the proposed global release day. “The proposal is for…