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ARN’s rebranded Kiis station in Sydney and Melbourne’s 20 year old dance music station Kiss have reached a settlement over the use of the name. The two parties released a joint statement: “ARN’s new…

New Head of Entertainment at ABC TV Jon Casimir is the new Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, effective April 8. He is currently an executive producer with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder The one-time music…

Just as vinyl is once again dominating, IKEA has announced it is discontinuing the hugely-popular Expedit line of shelving, which – as music fans know all too well – is the best way to house vinyl…

Two legendary Melbourne venues up for sale Two popular live music venues in Melbourne, the 1,752-capacity Esplanade Hotel (aka The Espy) in St. Kilda and 250-capacity Yah-Yahs in Fitzroy are up for…

Shazam and Warner Music Group have announced an alliance which will see the two companies use Shazam’s user-data to discover and sign acts to a Shazam-branded imprint, under WMG. As Rob Wiesenthal,…

APN News and Media Limited have bought out Clear Channel’s interests in both the Australian Radio Network and New Zealand’s The Radio Network for $246.5m, meaning they now own both networks outright.…

This morning, Mark Poston revealed to TMN the label team he has assembled. Simon Cahill has been appointed Head of Marketing Brand Development, Parlophone and Warner Bros, moving across from The…

We reported yesterday that talks between Macquarie Radio Network and Fairfax regarding a $200m merger had collapsed. This morning, John Singleton, who is the majority shareholder of Macquarie Radio…

Streaming services from Nokia, Google and Microsoft pay artists the highest royalty rates per stream, according to a data set obtained by The Trichordest, a website which aims to protect artist…

Polyester Records is closing its Melbourne CBD store in Flinders Lane after six years, citing escalating rent charges for its decision. Owners Nate Nott and Simon Karis will focus on Polyester’s…

While the Senate’s economics committee holds public hearings for its inquiry into ticket scalping, the Australian live sector has become alarmed by Senator Nick Xenophon’s call to change Federal laws…

New names at EMI EMI Music Australia’s Managing Director John O’Donnell unveiled changes at the label. Alicia Reynolds is new Director of Promotions Publicity. She was previously at Universal Music…