Christie Eliezer

UK MUSIC S JO DIPPLE JOINS LIVE NATION IN GLOBAL ROLE Jo Dipple, who stepped down last June as CEO of the UK Music trade organisation, has resurfaced at Live Nation as Senior Vice President of Public…

AVICII DEBUTS RADIO SHOW After his year-long hiatus, Swedish DJ/ producer superstar Avicii has launched his own radio show Avicii FM via Facebook. The episode, last weekend, not only had an hour s of…

LIVE NATION STRENGTHENS MEDIA SPONSORSHIP In the wake of a 31% rise in revenue by its reinvigorating corporate productivity, Live Nation has appointed ts first COO, a newly created position. Based in…

AUSSIE EXPAT JOHN CLIFFORD NAMED SVP OF BMG PRODUCTION MUSIC UK Australian expatriate John Clifford has been named Senior Vice-President of BMG Production Music (BMGOM) UK. BMGOM was set up earlier…

WARNER MUSIC GROUP MAKES CHANGES AT LABEL, BOARD Warner Music Group s new CEO of recorded music, Max Lousada, wasted no time in making changes to executives. A day after he took over on October 2, a…

TMN PROMOTES PETER TUSKAN TO CHARTS EDITOR The Music Network has promoted Staff Writer Peter Tuskan to the role of Charts Editor, effective October 23. The charts have of course been one of the…

BMG EXPANDS RECORDED MUSIC PRESENCE, HIRES TOM BIERYWith 25% of its US revenue coming from recorded music, BMG Rights Management has ramped up that aspect of the operation.It s poached Tom "Grover"…

KATIE NOONAN TO DIRECT MUSIC FOR GOLD COAST COMMONWEALTH GAMES Brisbane based 5-times ARIA winner Katie Noonan is Director of Music for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games’ opening and closing…

MORE INDUCTIONS FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S HALL OF FAME After inducting 85 South Australian-born artists in the past three years into the SA Music Hall of Fame, organisers the Australian Music Collective…

CBAA APPLAUD DIGITAL ROLLOUT IN DARWIN, HOBART, CANBERRA Community radio has applauded plans by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) to roll out permanent digital radio services in Darwin and Canberra in…

BUBLE GOES DOUBLE DIAMOND Michael Bubl s long-time holiday hit Christmas (Warner Music) was certified double diamond in Australia for total sales of 1 million. Released in 2011, it has been the #1…

APPLE MUSIC PLANNING TO BUNDLE TV CONTENT? Rumours are that Apple is looking at the possibility of bundling video streaming with Apple Music. Apple is in talks with Hollywood studios about TV content…