Poppy Reid

After raising more than $6 million through a Kickstarter campaign, Neil Young and his PonoMusic team have plans to gain additional funding from equity markets. PonoMusic’s CEO John Hamm has said that…

The latest music report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) shows music streaming is still on the rise as digital downloads fall. The consulting firm’s Entertainment Media Outlook 2014-2018 shows the…

Google is refusing to amend contract terms for the independent label sector, despite outcry from the community, over YouTube’s upcoming music streaming service. The Worldwide Independent Network…

The UK’s Official Singles Chart will include audio music streams from next month. The change, set to be implemented for the first time in the July 6 top 40 chart at 4pm GMT, is the biggest change to…

Popular music streaming service Spotify have launched their latest Emerge program in Australia and New Zealand to find and award upcoming local acts. Using technology that picks up on music trends…

Amazon’s new in-house streaming video device, called Fire TV, will come pre-loaded with content from other providers. The US$99 device, announced on Wednesday at a media call in New York, will be set…

triple j’s tongue-in-cheek Christmas Number 1 charity single has raised $19,477.83 for the Red Cross. What started as “a little idea, a flurry of phone calls and one crazy studio day”, spearheaded by…

Adelaide EDM artist M4SONIC has been picked up by Sony and Ultra Music after a video he uploaded to YouTube went viral. As reported by Billboard, the multi-album deal with the major and its in-house…

Following reports that streaming music is on the rise and digital music sales are down for the first time in ten years, Apple are reportedly in negotiations to launch an on-demand subscription music…

Southern Cross Austereo has released its latest digital innovation and online activity report, authored by newly-recruited Director of Digital and Innovation Clive Dickens. The report boasts an…

Payment provider PayPal has banned torrent download site Streamza from using its safe online pay service. Torrentfreak reports PayPal stopped providing its service earlier this week, thus freezing…

Neil Young had been teasing his plans for a high-resolution audio device since early 2012 - he even conversed with Steve Jobs about a new iPod – but it wasn’t until a Facebook update last September…