Poppy Reid

Music piracy on a global level grew by 16.5% in the second half of 2015. The figure was included in a study commissioned by anti-piracy and market analytics solutions company MUSO, which was set up…

Three tracks by Australian artists were among the 100 most consumed songs in Sweden last year. Adelaide-born, global chart-topper Sia had two of her singles make the list; Elastic Heart came in at…

21-year-old Brandon Reynolds, who created the video chat app Sociabl, has called out Channel 9 for its defamatory reports on yesterday s Today Show. In a lengthy statement posted online Reynolds said…

Streaming leader Spotify has purchased two tech start-ups which focus on social and messaging, for an undisclosed fee. The New York-based Cord Project launched in 2014 with messaging app Cord. It…

Western Australia s devastating fires have seen hundreds of families in Yarloop and Waroona lose their homes, with the toll still rising. But the state s music industry has banded together to raise…

FBi Co-founder and President Cassandra Wilkinson has today launched her co-founded label, Lazy Thinking Records. The Sydney-based label takes small cues from overseas indie labels like Mute, Warp and…

Paris-based music streaming service Deezer withdrew its IPO (initial public offering) today, citing the market s struggling conditions. As previously reported by TMN, Deezer was set to sell up to 8.2…

More than 60 music industry representatives have joined forces to protect Sydney s live music scene. The alliance was formed at a meeting hosted at Sydney venue Oxford Art Factory yesterday between…

Pakistan has allowed the return of YouTube to the country after a three-year ban, but its government will now screen its content. Pakistan banned access to the Google-owned video-sharing website in…

FEATURE ALBUM Basement - Promise Everything[Run For Cover/Cooking Vinyl] When 2012 sophomore album Colourmeinkindness was followed by an indefinite hiatus, fans of the band’s darkened ruminants were…

A local app, which promises to put fans in touch with artists like will.i.am, Jimmy Barnes and Reece Mastin, has caused a stir among the music industry as acts deny ever giving permission.…

Earlier this afternoon, in a press release sent to the music fans who contributed to the festival s Pozible campaign, Legion Fest announced it would not go ahead in March. The email, which you can…