Poppy Reid

The live stream of Kanye West s fashion show / listening party in New York this morning drew an estimated audience of 20 million. According to a press release from Tidal, which hosted the stream, the…

11 months into the lifespan of Twitter Australia s Blue Room, and with more than 55 Blue Rooms under the local office s belt, the unique concept has been picked up globally. Jennie Sager, who heads…

Viacom, the parent company of MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon among others, has inked a deal to sell ads on Snapchat s behalf. The announcement was made during Viacom s quarterly earnings call. Chairman and…

FEATURE ALBUM Jack Garratt - Phase[Universal] 2016 will be the year of Jack Garratt. The 24-year-old Brit is the winner of the coveted BBC Sound of 2016 poll (an award previously taken out by Sam…

Global rights agency for the independent label sector, Merlin, has further reduced its commercial deal administration fees for members. Effective immediately, the administration free on commercial…

After dropping new track Formation on February 6, without warning as Beyonce is wont to do, the 20-time Grammy winner went straight to #1 on Billboard s trending chart. The track, reportedly produced…

Without a record label behind them, and without any physical sales registered by ARIA, Sydney s Polaris have had their EP The Guilt and the Grief debut at #34 on the ARIA chart. The sophomore EP also…

TMN can exclusively reveal that next month s fan-voted CMC Music Awards will see the debut of two industry awards. The Foxtel operated and presented Awards on March 10 will see the presentation of…

Image: 2015 Stereosonic festival in Melbourne Calls for drug disposal bins at festivals, similar to those used at Glastonbury in the UK, have been given a refresh from health and drug group Harm…

UPDATE: Totem Onelove, which operates Stereosonic festival and is owned by SFX, has released a statement. The company said the restructure and chapter 11 bankruptcy of SFX Entertainment will not…

Joining other territories like Sweden, the US and UK, Germany will now include audio streams in its weekly BVMI/GfK Album chart, from tomorrow. Announced by the German charts official gatherer and…

Last November Shock Records long-time team member Mick Tarbuk stepped down as the indie s Label Director to take on a role at global digital distributor and label services provider Believe Digital.…