Poppy Reid

Google is said to be making strategic moves to acquire music streaming service Songza. The Long Island City-based company’s 5.5 million active users competes with streaming juggernauts Spotify’s 24…

MixGenius, a company which provides software to musicians, has won the first ever CMW Music Technovation Award at Canadian Music Week with its first commercial release. LANDR, an online mastering…

Shazam seeks to raise $20 million from investors, to bring its overall worth to $500 million. Since Shazam’s inception in 1999, the company has raised $120 million, with $72 million raised in the…

After seven years with the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR), including four as General Manager, Nick O’Byrne has stepped down. O’Byrne will finish his tenure at AIR on June 30…

Iggy Azalea made US chart history again overnight as the second female to hold the #1 and #2 spots on the Billboard chart concurrently for multiple weeks. Now in her second week at the pointy end of…

This week we catch 2DayFM’s Gold Rush Party for Ellie Goulding, Georgio Moroder, The Preatures and Royal Blood visit triple j and Broods perform at Triple R Melbourne. If you have a pic you’d like…

Shazam is introducing mobile retargeting for advertisers. The offering to target users’ music and genre interests is initially only being offered to record labels, but is expected to be used as a…

This month marks a decade-and-a-half since the official launch of Napster in 1999. In light of Apple’s acquisition of Beats, a cursory glance over the service’s 15-year history proves that while it…

This week we catch The Pixies, Bliss N Eso and Dune Rats at triple j, Spotify celebrate their 2nd birthday in Sydney, Chet Faker and Flume receive their ARIA #1 Chart Awards and more. If you have a…

Melbourne new wave band Pseudo Echo have been unveiled as the latest act to play the music industry charity Golden Stave Foundation dinner. Taking place on Friday June 20, Pseudo Echo will join…

Samsung Electronics is ending its Music Hub service on July 1 in all territories excluding Australia. The decision, made Saturday, came three years after its launch. The multinational retailer pulled…

The venue that helped helm the revolution of dance music in the mid-late ‘80s is set to open a beachside location in Melbourne. Café del Mar, the beach club and brand, has been at the forefront of…