Poppy Reid

Organisers of the Screen Music Awards have announced its return this year with actor Rob Carlton set to host. Carlton, a film and TV veteran, and a Tropfest-winning actor and director most recently…

Earlier this week a federal judge in New York ruled Grooveshark did infringe on over 100,000 of Universal Music’s copyrights. Universal’s four-year dispute with the online music service marked a…

Independent jazz and classical label Blue Music Group has pulled all its music from Spotify, calling the streaming service’s rates “pitiful”. "Having the catalog available at Spotify’s pitiful rates…

Original Matters has launched its marketing consultancy division with a long-term contract with Studios 301. The agency’s Managing Director Cathy Oates has been performing consultancy duties for…

Morrissey has been dropped from his record label just over four weeks following the release of his latest album. In January, the ex-Smiths frontman signed a two-album deal with US-based label…

Live Nation Australia and New Zealand has announced a partnership with New Zealand telecommunications provider Spark. The announcement comes just days following the major telco’s $20 million re-brand…

Nova Entertainment has teamed with Optus, Qantas, Marquee Nightclubs, Sony and Starcom to take its Red Room abroad. The tour will take in four cities with six acts performing at four Red Rooms in…

Spotify could join the likes of Google and Microsoft as it looks toward deep learning to improve its recommendations. While its music recommendation technology already uses intelligent machine…

Spotify has upped the ante for its brand partners with two new video advertising products. Offering its global brand partners like McDonald’s, Ford, Coca-Cola and NBC Universal Pictures 100% share of…

With the recent unveiling of the UK’s major anti-piracy scheme, where content creators, the creative industries, the four major ISPs and the government have teamed to combat online piracy, the…

New Zealand artist Lorde has made Billboard chart history with her latest single Yellow Flicker Beat achieving the highest entrance on the Alternative Songs chart in 19 years. The lead track from The…

Promoter juggernaut Live Nation Entertainment is reportedly in talks to purchase a 51% stake in C3 Presents, the independent promoter who own Australia’s Big Day Out and US’ Lollapalooza and Austin…