Poppy Reid

In November last year Pandora Australia launched Pandora Sessions, an intimate and live initiative that sees the internet radio giant act as an influential gatekeeper. The inaugural Australian…

Following Music Australia s call on the Federal Government to recognise the contribution the music industry makes to Australia s economy and culture, Live Performance Australia has delivered its own…

Australia s music industry has banded together to take legal action to get pirate site KickassTorrents blocked by local internet service providers. The three major labels, along with music rights…

The emotional experience I feel now is worse than anything I have ever in my life felt before. Brian Johnson, lead singer of iconic rock group AC/DC, has today released an official statement…

As YouTube comes under fire for its alleged misuse of safe harbour rules, the streaming giant continues to rack up good will in the music industry with its development initiatives. The latest is new…

Image above: ArowAgency signing Save The Clock Tower Former major label employees Elizabeth Browne and Tamara Georgopoulos have today launched their own independent music company ArowAgency, TMN can…

When presenting the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s (IFPI) annual Digital Music Report from London last night, IFPI chief executive Frances Moore (pictured) revealed plans to…

Following a lengthy courting process in 2014 that saw labels initially reject YouTube s licensing terms, and the first call from the IFPI to rectify the value gap last year, the label sector has…

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has today released its annual wholesale figures for 2015, showing a 5% increase in the value of the local recorded music industry. The spike in…

After close to two decades of almost consecutive decline, the recorded music business s official worldwide income took an upturn to US$15bn, the first significant growth seen since 1995. The 3.2%…

In 2014, Canberra-formed DJ/producer duo Peking Duk signed a major label record deal that would prop them alongside electronic music s heavyweights and sanction their place in the nexus of Australia…

Peak industry body Music Australia is calling upon the federal government to recognise the contribution the music industry makes to Australia s economy and culture. Music Australia CEO Chris Bowen…