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Booking agent Alastair Green has announced his departure as head of electronic music at Artist Voice to develop new agency MAKER. MAKER will provide a suite of services including artist management,…

Australian retailers have been quick this morning to reject Record Store Day criticisms encouraged by Paul Weller’s decision to no longer take part in the global initiative. Paul Weller withdrew his…

West Australian promoters Altered State have been declared insolvent by the Federal Court. According to The West Australian, legal fisticuffs broke out over a $340,000+ bar bill. According to…

Tim Kelly will join SME as General Manager Marketing Asia Pacific, effective June 2. Kelly moves to Sony Music from Universal Music Australia, where he has held the position of General Manager…

Musician, teacher, and advocate Lindy Morrison has been named as the 2014 recipient of the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. The annual award is decided by APRA’s Board…

Nashville-based guitar manufacturers Gibson Brands Inc. has acquired Philips’ WOOX Innovations: the audio, video, multimedia and accessories arm of Philips. Gibson will pay US$135m plus an…

Sydney’s Sound Summit Festival of Independent and Innovative Music is taking a break this year. “The ongoing financial viability of the festival has been a major factor in this decision, with Sound…

Sydney pop group 5 Seconds Of Summer are set to become our biggest exports since Gotye, selling out a ten-date US tour of two-thousand seaters in under five minutes. This comes off the back of their…

For veteran dance music exec Lorne Padman, the beat goes on in another corner of the world. After nine years with Vicious Recordings, Padman last year made the leap across the Pacific and into an…

Clear Channel’s John Hogan retires John Hogan, Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, is retiring. He joined in 1999 when the company acquired Jacor Communications, where he was…

Australasian names sign with Kobalt Neighbouring Rights London-based Kobalt Neighbouring Rights (KNR) signed Australia’s Flume and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker (and honorary Aussie, Passenger) and New…

Mushroom Music Publishing entered a sub-publishing agreement for Australia and NZ with Another Victory Inc, the sister publisher of Chicago-based Victory Records. Victory founder Tony Brummel said of…