Poppy Reid

Cooking Vinyl Records Owner Martin Goldschmidt and ex-MD Vital Distribution, Mike Chadwick have signed LA-based label Linear Labs to their independent music company Essential Music Marketing. Linear…

ARIA CEO Dan Rosen and Simon Bourke, actor and Actors’ Equity President at Studio 301 today launched Australia’s first Digital Content Guide. Designed to offer consumers easy access to licensed…

Southern Cross Austereo’s Chief Financial Officer Peter Lewis has resigned just one month after taking up the position. Confirmed by AFR this morning, Lewis’ resignation follows the TV and radio…

Adelaide singer-songwriter Sia has scored her first #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Her sixth studio LP 1000 Forms of Fear debuted at #1 on the ARIA chart on Saturday and last night entered the US…

Queensland Senator James McGrath used his first speech to call for an immediate sale of triple j. “[..] triple j, because of its demographic dominance and clear ability to stand on its own, should be…

Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia has struck a partnership with ICM Partners’ live performance division. ICM covers movies, TV, books and new media with offices in LA, New York and London. Its…

Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector has lowered its fees. Last year, Merlin announced a 50% decrease on its commercial deal administration fees and last night announced…

Earlier this month, Southern Cross Austereo’s Chief Financial Officer Peter Lewis resigned just one month after taking up the position. The news sparked rumours that Lewis’ departure on July 17 was…

The international music group who provide music for film, television and video has acquired a 49% shareholding in Audio Network Australia Pty Ltd. The Australian subsidiary’s co-founder Linda Tizard…

Beats Music’s CEO Ian Rogers will now oversee Apple’s iTunes Radio. The news was announced on Saturday when Apple revealed it had finalised its $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics. Beats…

Google is now processing an average of one million removal requests per day. According to TorrentFreak, the number is a new record for Google and follows a rising trend with copyright holders and…

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) will integrate audio streaming into the Official ARIA Singles Chart. From November 24, the data currently compiled for its two-year-old ARIA…