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The Wiggles Acknowledge Safety Breach Over ‘Emma Bow’ Headbands
The Wiggles have acknowledged they likely violated Australian consumer law by selling light-up “Emma Bow” headbands that lacked the mandatory safety warnings for products containing button batteries.…

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The Wiggles Acknowledge Safety Breach Over ‘Emma Bow’ Headbands
The Wiggles have acknowledged they likely violated Australian consumer law by selling light-up “Emma Bow” headbands that lacked the mandatory safety warnings for products containing button batteries.…

Facebook blocking news will hurt Australian artists & promoters!
The Mark Zuckerberg dictatorship is in full effect. No longer is he subtly limiting what you see via algorithms, now he has completely blocked Australians from seeing news. This is all out…

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Facebook blocking news will hurt Australian artists & promoters!
The Mark Zuckerberg dictatorship is in full effect. No longer is he subtly limiting what you see via algorithms, now he has completely blocked Australians from seeing news. This is all out…

ACCC calls for APRA to ‘increase transparency’
The ACCC, Australia’s competition authority, is keen to enforce tougher conditions on APRA as the rights society seeks reauthorisation for its music licensing arrangements. Earlier this week, the…

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ACCC calls for APRA to ‘increase transparency’
The ACCC, Australia’s competition authority, is keen to enforce tougher conditions on APRA as the rights society seeks reauthorisation for its music licensing arrangements. Earlier this week, the…

Australian Federal Court finds Viagogo guilty of misleading consumers
UPDATE 18/4: Viagogo's Head of Business Development, Cris Miller, has since issued a statement responding to the ACCC's ruling. Read the full statement below After years of complaints, the Australian…

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Australian Federal Court finds Viagogo guilty of misleading consumers
UPDATE 18/4: Viagogo's Head of Business Development, Cris Miller, has since issued a statement responding to the ACCC's ruling. Read the full statement below After years of complaints, the Australian…

U.S. FTC will examine secondary market with ticketing workshop
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will examine online ticketing and the secondary market in a public workshop mapped out for the early stages of 2019. The FTC workshop, set for 29 March 2019, will…

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U.S. FTC will examine secondary market with ticketing workshop
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will examine online ticketing and the secondary market in a public workshop mapped out for the early stages of 2019. The FTC workshop, set for 29 March 2019, will…

Viagogo is building its U.S. presence, bailing on the U.K.
Viagogo is raising its game in the United States. The universally-vilified secondary ticketing merchant is quietly preparing to relocate its operations away from the U.K. to U.S. in an effort, some…

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Viagogo is building its U.S. presence, bailing on the U.K.
Viagogo is raising its game in the United States. The universally-vilified secondary ticketing merchant is quietly preparing to relocate its operations away from the U.K. to U.S. in an effort, some…

Sony’s acquisition of EMI Publishing declared ‘seismic’ as Impala lodges concerns with European Commission
Impala, the pan-European independent music companies’ lobby body, has filed an objection with the European Commission about Sony’s outright acquisition of EMI Music Publishing, which it describes as…

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Sony’s acquisition of EMI Publishing declared ‘seismic’ as Impala lodges concerns with European Commission
Impala, the pan-European independent music companies’ lobby body, has filed an objection with the European Commission about Sony’s outright acquisition of EMI Music Publishing, which it describes as…

LPA, Choice welcome ACCC’s legal proceedings against Viagogo
Live Performance Australia and Choice welcomed the ACCC’s launch of legal action against Viagogo as the consumer advocacy group readies the publication of its own findings into the secondary…

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LPA, Choice welcome ACCC’s legal proceedings against Viagogo
Live Performance Australia and Choice welcomed the ACCC’s launch of legal action against Viagogo as the consumer advocacy group readies the publication of its own findings into the secondary…

Ticket resale websites to face the ACCC over unfair scalping practices
Scalping. We know you're sick of it, we are too. The artists hate it, and the whole industry recognises it's an issue, but there still doesn't seem to be any sort of solution to it, even as the…

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Ticket resale websites to face the ACCC over unfair scalping practices
Scalping. We know you're sick of it, we are too. The artists hate it, and the whole industry recognises it's an issue, but there still doesn't seem to be any sort of solution to it, even as the…
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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