Poppy Reid

A new partnership between Chinese Internet company Tencent Holdings and Sony Music Entertainment will see Tencent distribute Sony s catalogue in China. Under the partnership, announced Tuesday,…

MTV Australia has partnered with independent dance label Ministry of Sound to produce a weekly MOS-branded show on MTV Dance, TMN can exclusively reveal. Ministry of Sound will be hosted by…

Taylor Swift sparked heated conversation on social media this week following a push by her fans to have her track Shake It Off listed in triple j s Hottest 100 list. Now, their efforts using the…

Paris-based music streaming service Deezer has partnered with Toronto-based LyricFind to launch a lyrics feature. The deal marks the first time an on-demand streaming service has incorporated lyrics.…

Chet Faker, REMI, C.W Stoneking and #1 Dads (one half of last year s winners Big Scary) are among the nine artists to have their albums shortlisted for the 10th Coopers AMP. Announced March 4, the…

Sydney s most ubiquitous pop export of 2014 5 Seconds of Summer, and Mullumbimby-born Iggy Azalea - the year s most contentious rapper - have both placed in Forbes annual 30 under 30 in Music for…

Shazam s latest funding round sees the music discovery app valued at more than US$1 billion. Shazam announced the news yesterday, stating it had closed a US$30 million investment, however the…

Australian Radio Network CEO Ciaran Davis features on the February cover of The CEO Magazine, a publication for high-level executives. It s the magazine s Executive of the Year Awards winners issue,…

Live music bible Pollstar has included eight Australian live venues in its Top 200 Arenas list for 2014, based on ticket sales. Sydney s Allphones Arena placed 16th with 511,871 tickets sold last…

Rdio and the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) have announced a partnership to make Rdio AIR s official digital music streaming partner. Rdio is already the major partner for AIR…

Authentic Entertainment, the Sydney-based company behind Take 40, Live at the Chapel and The Hot Hits, has moved Vevo into radio. In a partnership with Today s Hit Network (ex-Today Network),…

The Country Music Channel (CMC) has announced its annual Awards will be held in Brisbane for the next three years, as part of a strategic partnership with Tourism and Events Queensland. Its fifth…