Christie Eliezer

The total global 229.56 million mark at the end of June 2018 means that 62.8 million new consumers began paying for the privilege, rather than just using the services.

Brands advertising on Spotify now have access to Nielsen Brand Effect in addition to Nielsen Ad Ratings, which measure audience reach to campaigns.

ARIA say we're on track to have the best growth outcome in 20 years, while APRA AMCOS is going to report group earnings of just over $420 million - 8.7% up from last year.

It took the Americans three years to hit 7% owner penetration. Australians, by contrast, are nearing 7% in "about one-quarter of the time".

Eminem's Kamikaze takes flight, San Cisco are dreaming, Northlane loses a bassist and more.

The new entity is called the Music Distribution Coalition (MDC) and will launch on October 1.

“He’s healthy, he’s fine, and he just wants to throw himself into his work.”

"We want to see the exceptional talents and achievements of our many female artists, and women from all fields fully recognised."

Better start planning your trip to Tasmania...

My happiness is slowly creeping back...

“Even the most obscure stories – in music or any other artform – deserve to be told.”

Killing Heidi back at Premier, Vivid Sydney back on the hunt for content, Birdhouse back for round two and more.