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Nathan Jolly

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Nathan Jolly is a Sydney-based writer and zen master, who also led the Chicago Bulls to six championships in the '90s.

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Spotify no longer wanna be Apple Music, they wanna be MTV

Spotify no longer wanna be Apple Music, they wanna be MTV

Spotify may have to remain content with simply being the number one place on earth where humans imbibe music, with their ambitious plans to move into original video content now nixed, according to…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 30, 2017
Spotify no longer wanna be Apple Music, they wanna be MTV

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Spotify no longer wanna be Apple Music, they wanna be MTV

Spotify may have to remain content with simply being the number one place on earth where humans imbibe music, with their ambitious plans to move into original video content now nixed, according to…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 30, 2017
YouTube are hosting anti-YouTube ads from a copyright advocacy group

YouTube are hosting anti-YouTube ads from a copyright advocacy group

An advocacy group led by artists has unleashed the below advertising campaign, which urges YouTube to give more of the platform's profits to those artists that actually create the content responsible…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 27, 2017
YouTube are hosting anti-YouTube ads from a copyright advocacy group

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YouTube are hosting anti-YouTube ads from a copyright advocacy group

An advocacy group led by artists has unleashed the below advertising campaign, which urges YouTube to give more of the platform's profits to those artists that actually create the content responsible…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 27, 2017
triple j dropped off air for over an hour this morning

triple j dropped off air for over an hour this morning

Just before 8am this morning, Triple J suddenly dropped off the air, flooding the nation with over an hour of uncomfortable silence, over which we were forced to talk to each other. The outage was…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 27, 2017
triple j dropped off air for over an hour this morning

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triple j dropped off air for over an hour this morning

Just before 8am this morning, Triple J suddenly dropped off the air, flooding the nation with over an hour of uncomfortable silence, over which we were forced to talk to each other. The outage was…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 27, 2017
Spotify tipped to go public with a $20b value, and wild user-base predictions to boot

Spotify tipped to go public with a $20b value, and wild user-base predictions to boot

Investment bank GP Bullhound's latest report suggests that Spotify will be valued at US$20 billion when it finally goes public, and that its user base is set to climb to heady heights. GP Bullhound…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 25, 2017
Spotify tipped to go public with a $20b value, and wild user-base predictions to boot

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Spotify tipped to go public with a $20b value, and wild user-base predictions to boot

Investment bank GP Bullhound's latest report suggests that Spotify will be valued at US$20 billion when it finally goes public, and that its user base is set to climb to heady heights. GP Bullhound…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 25, 2017
Vale: George Young, pioneer of Australian music

Vale: George Young, pioneer of Australian music

George Young, pioneering musician, producer, songwriter, and stone-cold genius, passed away yesterday, aged 70. Young formed the Easybeats with songwriting partner Harry Vanda in late 1964, and the…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 23, 2017
Vale: George Young, pioneer of Australian music

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Vale: George Young, pioneer of Australian music

George Young, pioneering musician, producer, songwriter, and stone-cold genius, passed away yesterday, aged 70. Young formed the Easybeats with songwriting partner Harry Vanda in late 1964, and the…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 23, 2017
NFL book Justin Timberlake for Super Bowl halftime show, have short memory

NFL book Justin Timberlake for Super Bowl halftime show, have short memory

Remember when, during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, Justin Timberlake removed a breast plate from Jacket Jackson's costume, flashing her nipple on live TV to an estimated 146 million viewers?…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 23, 2017
NFL book Justin Timberlake for Super Bowl halftime show, have short memory

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NFL book Justin Timberlake for Super Bowl halftime show, have short memory

Remember when, during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, Justin Timberlake removed a breast plate from Jacket Jackson's costume, flashing her nipple on live TV to an estimated 146 million viewers?…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 23, 2017
The East Coast scores a new showcase for Australia's best indie acts

The East Coast scores a new showcase for Australia's best indie acts

Sydney-based PR and management company Rare Finds have launched a new touring and showcase initiative, which will see curated lineups of emerging acts performing monthly across the East Coast. Rare…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 20, 2017
The East Coast scores a new showcase for Australia's best indie acts

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The East Coast scores a new showcase for Australia's best indie acts

Sydney-based PR and management company Rare Finds have launched a new touring and showcase initiative, which will see curated lineups of emerging acts performing monthly across the East Coast. Rare…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 20, 2017
Police sniffer dogs cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money

Police sniffer dogs cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money

It goes without saying (although, boy have we said it, and said it) that police hitting up music festivals with packs of sniffer dogs is a dangerous, exorbitant, and largely-ineffective practice.…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 19, 2017
Police sniffer dogs cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money

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Police sniffer dogs cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money

It goes without saying (although, boy have we said it, and said it) that police hitting up music festivals with packs of sniffer dogs is a dangerous, exorbitant, and largely-ineffective practice.…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 19, 2017
Tunecore just reached a massive sales milestone

Tunecore just reached a massive sales milestone

TuneCore have just hit an important milestone: reaching over one billion (American) dollars in download and streaming revenue, since the company's launch in 2006. This represents a huge victory for…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 19, 2017
Tunecore just reached a massive sales milestone

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Tunecore just reached a massive sales milestone

TuneCore have just hit an important milestone: reaching over one billion (American) dollars in download and streaming revenue, since the company's launch in 2006. This represents a huge victory for…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 19, 2017
Greens party launch inquiry into the value of Australian creative content

Greens party launch inquiry into the value of Australian creative content

"Australians deserve to hear and see quality home grown content." This is the crux of a new inquiry launched today by the Greens party, which aims to "shine a light the contribution Australian-made…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 19, 2017
Greens party launch inquiry into the value of Australian creative content

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Greens party launch inquiry into the value of Australian creative content

"Australians deserve to hear and see quality home grown content." This is the crux of a new inquiry launched today by the Greens party, which aims to "shine a light the contribution Australian-made…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 19, 2017
Hutchence's doco producer hits back at INXS and their management

Hutchence's doco producer hits back at INXS and their management

Yesterday we reported that INXS and their management released a press release distancing themselves from Channel Seven's documentary Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar. Well now producer Danny…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 17, 2017
Hutchence's doco producer hits back at INXS and their management

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Hutchence's doco producer hits back at INXS and their management

Yesterday we reported that INXS and their management released a press release distancing themselves from Channel Seven's documentary Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar. Well now producer Danny…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 17, 2017
Universal launch 'Accelerator Network' to find the next big music startup

Universal launch 'Accelerator Network' to find the next big music startup

Universal Music Group are hoping that when the next Spotify is created in some dark dorm room, they are in on the ground floor. That's the main goal of their new ‘Accelerator Network’ which will work…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 17, 2017
Universal launch 'Accelerator Network' to find the next big music startup

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Universal launch 'Accelerator Network' to find the next big music startup

Universal Music Group are hoping that when the next Spotify is created in some dark dorm room, they are in on the ground floor. That's the main goal of their new ‘Accelerator Network’ which will work…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 17, 2017
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