Poppy Reid

Samsung s station-based internet radio service hasn t even been live in Australia for a week and it s already ruffled a few feathers. Earlier this week, an advertisement run by Samsung in South Korea…

Peak body for contemporary music MusicNSW and Australian independent music publisher Alberts have opened up their office space to the music industry s small businesses. Located in the iconic Alberts…

Grooveshark, the US-based music streaming service which spent much of its term in and out of the courtroom on copyright charges, is launching a digital radio app. In what it s calling its first…

Guvera, the streaming service that launched its beta version on the Gold Coast in 2010, is allegedly gearing to buy Tesco s streaming service Blinkbox Music. The British supermarket giant is…

Rdio has taken back 100% ownership of its local entity and has plans to expand. Nova Entertainment, owned by Lachlan Murdoch, entered the partnership with the streaming service in 2012 with Rdio s…

Kobalt Label Services has entered the digital catalogue market in a deal with UK alt-rock band Placebo. KLS are calling the agreement a new kind of deal , where they will distribute and monetise the…

More than a year following reports that Guy Oseary (who manages U2, Madonna and Alicia Keys), and Paul McGuinness (whose Principle Management was founded to manage U2 36 years ago), were gearing to…

Apple has acquired the London-based startup behind Musicmetric, a real-time music analytics service. Documents filed with the UK s Companies House earlier this month, and obtained by Music Ally,…

After declaring they would probably punch you in the face if you told them they would write a pop song when they accepted the FBi Sydney Music Arts Culture (SMAC) Award for Best Song, The Preatures…

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Auckland District Court has rejected claims by US authorities that Kim Dotcom is a flight risk and must be remanded in custody in New Zealand before his extradition hearing. Facing allegations of…

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