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Sydney was set to snag a new, mid-winter music industry conference with a focus on mental health next month. Following the recent COVID-19 restrictions which have been put in place across a number of…

The Zoo has always done things different. When the live music venue opened for business in 1992, in a space upstairs on Ann Street, in the heart of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, punters were provided…

Michael Gudinski had the Midas touch with the business of music. The late founder and chairman of Mushroom Group had a hand in countless careers, built an empire spanning two-dozen business and sold…

Maggie Collins is the new Executive Director of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM), TIO can exclusively reveal. At AAM, she succeeds Catherine Haridy who, as previously reported, is leaving the…

Australia has a new streaming platforming, Moodagent. The platform opened for business on Monday (May 31), and is led by former Spotify executive Tom Mee, who takes the role as General Manager of…

Kristy Gostelow is the 2021 recipient of The Lighthouse Award, a $5,000 cash prize that rewards artist managers who display the right stuff. The Lighthouse Award is annually bestowed to a woman or…

War buffs will know the fight never changes, though the weapons are always new. There’s a battle brewing on the outskirts of the music industry right now that few of us saw coming, and the cameras…

It’s not about the size, it’s what you do with it. That could just as well be the mantra for Michael Chugg and Andrew Stone’s Chugg Music, the independent Sydney-based company that, despite its size,…

The Association of Artist Managers (AAM) is on the lookout for a new leader with Catherine Haridy announcing her departure from the peak body. Haridy is due to exit AAM in June, after which time…

In the independent music world, Alison Wenham is a major player. Across two decades, the British executive and advocate has engaged in more battles on behalf of the indie community than most of us…