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The “biggest names in music streaming” are against ‘exclusives’
Image: Kanye West at the Tidal-exclusive launch of The Life Of Pablo Late last month, the UK s Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) spoke out in support of Universal s move to ban streaming…

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The “biggest names in music streaming” are against ‘exclusives’
Image: Kanye West at the Tidal-exclusive launch of The Life Of Pablo Late last month, the UK s Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) spoke out in support of Universal s move to ban streaming…

SoundCloud hiring Australian-based sales team
On the day of SoundCloud s consumer subscription service launch, the Berlin-based music and audio platform has hinted at plans to launch an Australian office. While SoundCloud has not announced plans…

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SoundCloud hiring Australian-based sales team
On the day of SoundCloud s consumer subscription service launch, the Berlin-based music and audio platform has hinted at plans to launch an Australian office. While SoundCloud has not announced plans…

Callinan Report: Sydney’s lockout laws should be relaxed, by 30 minutes
Photo Credit: Ashley Mar The long-anticipated review of the NSW lockout laws by retired Justice Hon. Ian Callinan AC states the Government should allow live music venues to stay open an extra half…

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Callinan Report: Sydney’s lockout laws should be relaxed, by 30 minutes
Photo Credit: Ashley Mar The long-anticipated review of the NSW lockout laws by retired Justice Hon. Ian Callinan AC states the Government should allow live music venues to stay open an extra half…

Beats Music co-creator leaves Spotify for Apple Music
Music technology veteran, Fredric Vinna, has left his long-time post at Spotify to work with past business partners at Apple Music. Stockholm-born Vinna, along with David Hyman, co-created early paid…

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Beats Music co-creator leaves Spotify for Apple Music
Music technology veteran, Fredric Vinna, has left his long-time post at Spotify to work with past business partners at Apple Music. Stockholm-born Vinna, along with David Hyman, co-created early paid…

Hot Seat: Making it in the music industry... with Taylor Testa, UMPG
TMN has revived Hot Seat to offer our young industry subscribers an insight into what it takes to make it in the music business. Taylor Testa is the LA-based A R behind Universal Music Publishing…

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Hot Seat: Making it in the music industry... with Taylor Testa, UMPG
TMN has revived Hot Seat to offer our young industry subscribers an insight into what it takes to make it in the music business. Taylor Testa is the LA-based A R behind Universal Music Publishing…

Call for ticket resale industry review
Promoters venues and some ticketers are calling for a review of Australia’s ticket resale industry by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Worth an estimated $1.5 billion globally, the…

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Call for ticket resale industry review
Promoters venues and some ticketers are calling for a review of Australia’s ticket resale industry by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Worth an estimated $1.5 billion globally, the…

Merlin’s Charles Caldas at BigSound: ‘Australia is out-stripping global figures’
Despite streaming entering Australia later than the rest of the world, the country is outstripping growth patterns in the rest of the world. UK-based independent digital rights licensing agency and…

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Merlin’s Charles Caldas at BigSound: ‘Australia is out-stripping global figures’
Despite streaming entering Australia later than the rest of the world, the country is outstripping growth patterns in the rest of the world. UK-based independent digital rights licensing agency and…

Jaddan Comerford: Unified’s global influencer
Unified s leader on why thinking ’global’ will save the music industry, how Vance Joy buoyed his move to New York and why money isn t everything. Unified, and its past iteration Boomtown, has been…

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Jaddan Comerford: Unified’s global influencer
Unified s leader on why thinking ’global’ will save the music industry, how Vance Joy buoyed his move to New York and why money isn t everything. Unified, and its past iteration Boomtown, has been…

Hot Seat: Making it in the music industry... with Josh Roth, Superfly
TMN has revived Hot Seat to offer our young industry subscribers an insight into what it takes to make it in the music business. After more than a decade as the manager for Ra Ra Riot, among other…

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Hot Seat: Making it in the music industry... with Josh Roth, Superfly
TMN has revived Hot Seat to offer our young industry subscribers an insight into what it takes to make it in the music business. After more than a decade as the manager for Ra Ra Riot, among other…

Soulfest promoter ordered to pay just under $500K for copyright infringement
The promoter behind the beleaguered Soulfest has been ordered to pay industry body APRA AMCOS $437,000 in compensatory and additional damages. At a hearing at the Federal Circuit Court in Sydney…

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Soulfest promoter ordered to pay just under $500K for copyright infringement
The promoter behind the beleaguered Soulfest has been ordered to pay industry body APRA AMCOS $437,000 in compensatory and additional damages. At a hearing at the Federal Circuit Court in Sydney…

UNIFIED is giving away $25K with new grant initiative
Locally based, global independent music company UNIFIED has furthered its focus on philanthropy with the announcement of The Unified Grant. Revealed Wednesday during CEO and Founder Jaddan Comerford…

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UNIFIED is giving away $25K with new grant initiative
Locally based, global independent music company UNIFIED has furthered its focus on philanthropy with the announcement of The Unified Grant. Revealed Wednesday during CEO and Founder Jaddan Comerford…

Rolling Stones announce Australian stop for retrospective exhibition
The Rolling Stones multimedia, 50-year retrospective exhibition, Exhibitionism, will stop in Sydney. At its only Australian stop, Exhibitionism will be held at the almost finished International…

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Rolling Stones announce Australian stop for retrospective exhibition
The Rolling Stones multimedia, 50-year retrospective exhibition, Exhibitionism, will stop in Sydney. At its only Australian stop, Exhibitionism will be held at the almost finished International…
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