Christie Eliezer

Image: The Bella Union SECURITY BEEFED UP AFTER MANCHESTER Although Australia s terror warning ranking stays the same, venue operators have been initiating some changes after the Manchester bombing…

Photo: Aleyce Simmonds Australian independently owned and operated country music labels Checked Label Services and WJO Australia are expanding their physical distribution into the United States and…

KATE DUNDAS GAINS SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ROLE One time Director of ABC Radio Kate Dundas, (pictured) takes over as Executive Director of Performing Arts at the Sydney Opera House in July. According to a…

The global electronic music industry is now worth US$7.1 billion, 60% more than it was three years ago. This was according to figures released this week by strategy specialist Kevin Watson s 2016 IMS…

The New Zealand Music Foundation Wellbeing Service was set up to offer free support to members of the NZ music industry suffering illness, distress and hardship. After six months of operation, the…

Photo: Morgan Evans with Warner Music Nashville Chairman/CEO John Esposito NATIVE TONGUE PAIRS WITH NT SONG OF YEAR Independent music publisher Native Tongue is partnering with MusicNT s NT Song of…

Radio accounts for 80% of in-car listening. The Australian commercial radio sector is ensuring that it stays that way by allowing consumers to stream over 250 radio stations in their cars. The sector…

The Northern Territory s peak music association and Tourism NT have extended their deal over the NT Song of the Year award for a further two years. Covering 2017 and 2018, the category prize winner…

Music Victoria this morning released The Victorian Live Music 10 Point Plan outlining how the state s live industry worked with the Government and other stakeholders to steer it away from crisis…

Earlier this week, the format that revolutionised the way we listen to music was officially declared dead. The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits in Munich, Germany, which invented the MPEG…

PERFECT PITCH SIGNS CAIROS’ ALISTAR RICHARDSON Sydney-based Perfect Pitch Publishing has formally announced it has signed former frontman ofBrisbane outfit Cairos Alistar Richardson (pictured above)…

Photo: Sinks MUSIC TASMANIA APPOINTS NEW BOARD New additions to peak music association Music Tasmania s board are Edge Radio 99.3 FM s Music Director Aaron Clark, musician and DJ Jack McLaine of…