Poppy Reid

YouTube’s subscription platform is preparing to launch in Australia. YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl, a former Netflix exec, told AFR the service would be rolled out locally later this…

Warner Music Group has announced its joint venture label with Crush Music, the management company behind Sia, Train, Fall Out Boy and Weezer. The first act signed to the Crush Music label is…

Image: Timmy Trumpet at Good Life in Perth A security guard at Good Life festival s Perth staging at Claremont Showgrounds on Saturday was kicked in the head by a festival attendee. Footage of the…

TMN has revived Hot Seat to offer our young industry subscribers an insight into what it takes to make it in the music business. Australian producer Simon Cohen may count will.i.am, Wanya Morris…

Perth psych-rock exports Tame Impala won their first BRIT Award yesterday, taking out the trophy for International Group. High fives all round to @tameimpala for winning International Group! #BRITs…

Image: Brisbane venue The Brightside APRA AMCOS, along with Australia Council, PPCA, Australia Hotels Association and the Restaurant Catering association commissioned research, which shows venues…

Photo: Ashley Osborn Photography Local independent music company Unified has launched its own touring company in partnership with the world’s biggest concert promoter, Live Nation. The joint venture,…

Image: Big Rich at CMC Rocks 2015 The annual CMC Rocks festival has officially sold-out, further cementing Queensland as the home of country music, and ratifying the three-year investment by last…

Foxtel has confirmed it will close its 21-year-old music platform Channel [V] on Friday. A Foxtel spokesperson said: We are making some changes to our music channels on Foxtel. Starting from this…

Australis Music Group, a Sydney-based independent distributor of musical instruments and Pro Audio equipment brands, has acquired BH Stage Systems (formerly Billy Hyde Music) from AJ Maddah s Madjo…

Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas has taken to social media to apologise for making a racist joke in Melbourne last Saturday. Thomas is currently on a solo tour of Australia and was booed by the…

Before Kanye West dropped his latest album via Tidal, Queensland-based artist and entrepreneur Fortafy had been at the top of the global iOS App Store for 23 days as the publisher behind viral game…