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Summer festivals continue to hit capacity Australia s summer festivals continued to draw crowds, with some putting out the Sold Out sign. Among them were Sunset Events Southbound in Busselton, WA,…

Iggy Azalea won the first round in court against rapper Hefe Wine aka Maurice Williams releasing any more of her unfinished early songs. A Los Angeles District Court agreed to issue a preliminary…

YouTube, headquartered in San Bruno, California, celebrated its 10th anniversary on February 14. It was created by three former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. Its…

After a 19-month campaign by the music community, The City of Melbourne has unveiled Amphlett Lane in honour of the late Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett. It is situated in the central business…

The good news for the entertainment industry is that most Australians agree that illegal downloading is a problem and it unfairly hits content creators. But the bad news is that up to 79% also…

Australian streaming service Guvera has expanded to Russia and Ukraine. It is the latest move by the company, which has launched across 16 countries and five continents in the last 12 months. Among…

Australia s crowded music streaming service has collected another scalp. Telstra is closing its BigPond Music online service from 23:59 AEDT on December 11, 2014. It announced on its Facebook page…

Some of South Australia’s best known acts including Bad//Dreems, Tkay Maidza, Tracer, The Beards, Allday, Collarbones, Luke Million, The Germein Sisters, Sincerely, Grizzly, Flamingo, Laura Hill,…

Vevo users in Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) are partial to female acts. Australian-born Iggy Azalea s Fancy topped the list of most watched with 10.7 million views. It ranks at #5 globally, with…

APRA AMCOS has set into place interim licensing schemes for tours, festivals and promoted music events to apply from January 1, 2015. These rates will be used until discussions with live music…

Foxtel and Seven Media s Presto subscription video-on-demand streaming service will enter on Sunday (January 18), beating rivals Netflix and Stan to the market. It costs $9.99 a month for access to…

After spending a year setting up for its launch in Russia, Spotify has abruptly cancelled plans to run operations there. Alexander Kubaneishvili, the former Google executive who was hired last year…