Poppy Reid

Image Source: Downloadfestival.co.uk The rumour mill is churning with claims British rock and heavy metal festival Download is heading to Australia. Responding to a fan on Twitter, and picked up by…

As Australia s music industry waits to have its case against pirate site Kickass Torrents heard, the US has seized its domain names and charged its alleged operator, Artem Vauli. According to the…

Universal Music Australia s branded entertainment agency BRING, Google and Optus have been tapped to create an experiential campaign for Troye Sivan fans. In a competition launched earlier this…

On July 25, Newcastle-born director, screenwriter and producer Josh Wakely will launch his most career-defining project yet, an original animated series for kids, Beat Bugs. Licensed to Netflix…

Following an almost seven-year legal battle, thousands of Australian artists will now be remunerated by commercial radio broadcasters for their recordings streamed online. A copyright tribunal…

The largely male-dominated independent label sector will officially be managed by respected arts industry figure, Maria Amato. Amato, who has 10 years experience at AIR in various capacities, had…

TMN has revived Hot Seat to offer our young industry subscribers an insight into what it takes to make it in the music business. Stephen Goodhew is a poster boy for the contentious subject of unpaid…

Future Classic signing Flume has beat out big-name international acts to take #1 most popular single for the first half of 2016. According to TMN s inaugural Singles Market Share Mid Year Report,…

Australia will receive the inaugural National Live Music Awards in November as part of ARIA Week, TMN can exclusively reveal. The brainchild of the AU review founding editor Larry Heath and a board…

This week Google released an overview of its anti-piracy efforts and it s added a fresh rebuttal to the complaints made by major record labels. Updated to 62 pages from 26 in 2014 s version, the ’How…

It s been eight years since Harley Streten went from late night bedroom producer to playing solo at the 17,000-capacity Forest Hills Stadium in New York. A master of his own style, Flume s low-end…

Spotify Australia New Zealand s Managing Director Kate Vale has said the streaming giant often tests its products in Australia before a global roll-out. We try and use Australia as many times as we…