Poppy Reid

Image: Rick Chazan manages Brisbane artist Emma Louise The Association of Artist Managers (AAM) whose members manage artists including Gotye, Daniel Johns, Cold Chisel and Tkay Maidza has just…

Image: Brisbane band and label owners of Ratbag Records, Dune Rats Sales figures from US publishing platform and online marketplace Bandcamp have been included in the ARIA Charts for the past month.…

Western Sydney is set to become a contemporary music hub after five of the region s Councils partnered with the Live Music Office for the Western Sydney Live and Local Strategic Initiative. Five…

The 2014-inked partnership between Asia s most valuable company Tencent Holdings and Sony Music Entertainment has been renewed, giving the Chinese internet firm exclusive digital distribution rights…

US humanitarian, activist, filmmaker and artist Michael Franti stopped by Universal Music Australia s soon-to-be-launched studio yesterday. Franti was at Forbes Street Studios in the Sydney suburb of…

Multiple chart record breaker Justin Bieber is bringing his Purpose World Tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2017. A holding page on local promoter Frontier Touring s website features a countdown…

Vevo s EVP international and chief revenue officer, Nic Jones, is returning home to Australia after relinquishing his role in the US. In an internal email obtained by Music Business Worldwide, Vevo s…

Respected industry figure Joe Calitri will oversee Red Bull Records both domestically as well as worldwide. The LA-based label has named Calitri General Manager, following his three-year stint as…

Image: Former The Avalanches member Darren Seltmann and Sally Seltmann Sony Music Australia s hitmakers DNA Songs (Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci) are nominated for the Best Music for an…

Rolling Stone US’s parent company Wenner Media has sold a 49% stake to a Singapore-based music start-up and is set to launch a new international subsidiary. The purchase was made by BandLab…

Facebook is looking to boost its music industry footprint and is starting with the search for a Director of Global Music Licensing. According to the job advertisement, which can be read in full here,…

Australian Gen Z males are the biggest music industry revenue drivers, according to figures released today by the world’s largest self-service ticketing platform, Eventbrite. Nearly a third of Gen Z…