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Here's the music industry news you need to know this morning. Drake breaks Ed Sheeran’s Spotify record with 76m streams in a day - via MBW Irving Azoff and a business partner, Tim Leiweke, are said…

We'll occasionally be hosting interviews between two industry figures to gain insight into their creative processes. First up, Sydney singer-songwriter Phebe Starr interviews Nkechi Anele, singer of…

Going to South by Southwest as a band manager can be either an expensive waste of time, or a business investment that ends up paying out handsomely. It all depends how you play it. Below, artist…

As Internet radio giant Pandora plunges into the crowded all-you-can-eat streaming space, the platform's Australia New Zealand Managing Director, Jane Huxley, has resigned. After five years with the…

Breaking Biz There’s been a reshuffling at the top of the local affiliate for Live Nation, the world’s biggest concert promoter, where Michael Coppel rises to chairman of Live Nation Australasia and…

As Spotify struggles to turn a profit alongside many of its streaming competitors, its move to become a more broad-based streaming media platform could be its saviour as negotiations with rights…

Native Tongue has signed Melbourne punk rockers The Smith Street Band to an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement. The AU/NZ independent publisher's first release with the band will be the…

Hanson are currently in the midst of announcing their 25 year celebrations, which also time out nicely with the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough album Middle Of Nowhere. Despite achieving…

Here's the music industry news you need to know this morning. Apple paid Chance The Rapper $500,000 for Coloring Book exclusive - via MBW Ed Sheeran Beats 'Beauty the Beast' For No. 1 on Billboard…

Organisers of Splendour In The Grass have hit a roadblock of sorts, with Tweed Byron Local Area Command opposing plans regarding permanent residency, expansion and approval for 50,000 patrons per day…