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Spotify have predicted every winner of the MTV Video Awards - using stats and science
This Sunday, the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards are held in a building filled with decorative napkins and pop-stars, and Spotify have decided to ruin things a few days out by broadcasting who they…

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Spotify have predicted every winner of the MTV Video Awards - using stats and science
This Sunday, the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards are held in a building filled with decorative napkins and pop-stars, and Spotify have decided to ruin things a few days out by broadcasting who they…

Pirate Bay ordered to shut down, and pay over $600,000 to record labels
In a game-changing decision, two of the founders of The Pirate Bay have been ordered by a Finnish court to pay AUD $605,000 to record labels, after being found guilty of numerous copyright breaches.…

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Pirate Bay ordered to shut down, and pay over $600,000 to record labels
In a game-changing decision, two of the founders of The Pirate Bay have been ordered by a Finnish court to pay AUD $605,000 to record labels, after being found guilty of numerous copyright breaches.…

APRA AMCOS release statement in support of marriage equality
Today is the final day you can enrol to vote, to ensure you help make it obvious to all, that the clear-thinking, morally-centred people in Australia want marriage equality. So get onto that, if you…

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APRA AMCOS release statement in support of marriage equality
Today is the final day you can enrol to vote, to ensure you help make it obvious to all, that the clear-thinking, morally-centred people in Australia want marriage equality. So get onto that, if you…

Taylor Swift's single will debut #1 and deny 'Despacito' the chart record
Taylor Swift announced her return to the musical world overnight, with a new record named Reputation, a very nu metal album cover, and a lead single set to drop on Friday. Unless the tides have…

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Taylor Swift's single will debut #1 and deny 'Despacito' the chart record
Taylor Swift announced her return to the musical world overnight, with a new record named Reputation, a very nu metal album cover, and a lead single set to drop on Friday. Unless the tides have…

Gang Of Youths on target to score a #1 album
Gang Of Youths' new album Go Farther in Lightness is a triumphant record, sounding like a brilliant blend of the following artists, without leaning too heavily on any of them: The Gaslight Anthem…

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Gang Of Youths on target to score a #1 album
Gang Of Youths' new album Go Farther in Lightness is a triumphant record, sounding like a brilliant blend of the following artists, without leaning too heavily on any of them: The Gaslight Anthem…

Action Bronson is hosting a Snapchat-exclusive dating show
There are probably whole swathes of Vice viewers and cooking aficionados who have no idea that Action Bronson's day job is as a rapper, with his breakout role in the hilarious and mouth-watering…

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Action Bronson is hosting a Snapchat-exclusive dating show
There are probably whole swathes of Vice viewers and cooking aficionados who have no idea that Action Bronson's day job is as a rapper, with his breakout role in the hilarious and mouth-watering…

'Despacito' is one week away from equalling a 22-year chart record
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber's 'Despacito' is currently enjoying a 15-week reign at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. If the song manages to stay on top for a further week, it will…

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'Despacito' is one week away from equalling a 22-year chart record
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber's 'Despacito' is currently enjoying a 15-week reign at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. If the song manages to stay on top for a further week, it will…

'Total Eclipse of the Heart' hit #1 on iTunes because an eclipse needs a literal soundtrack
Turn around bright eyes, you're missing the eclipse. Americans in search of a literal soundtrack for today's solar eclipse caused a rush of sales for Bonnie Tyler's 1983 epic 'Total Eclipse Of the…

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'Total Eclipse of the Heart' hit #1 on iTunes because an eclipse needs a literal soundtrack
Turn around bright eyes, you're missing the eclipse. Americans in search of a literal soundtrack for today's solar eclipse caused a rush of sales for Bonnie Tyler's 1983 epic 'Total Eclipse Of the…

Why Reading and Leeds festivals had to ban pineapples this year
A week ago, organisers of Reading and Leeds festival tweeted out their list of "what you can can't bring", linking to a page with the usual no-nos. Seems fine, until you scroll to the bottom of the…

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Why Reading and Leeds festivals had to ban pineapples this year
A week ago, organisers of Reading and Leeds festival tweeted out their list of "what you can can't bring", linking to a page with the usual no-nos. Seems fine, until you scroll to the bottom of the…

Facebook have started punishing users for those fake video play buttons
One of the twenty or thirty worst things about Facebook is when you go to click on a video button to watch a video, because that how you've been trained, only to be pushed through to an article.…

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Facebook have started punishing users for those fake video play buttons
One of the twenty or thirty worst things about Facebook is when you go to click on a video button to watch a video, because that how you've been trained, only to be pushed through to an article.…

Ten minutes of silence might top the iTunes chart this week
Perhaps the very height of experimental art wankery is a track named 4′33″ by composer John Cage. Presented to the world in 1952 -- back when they should have known better -- and written for any…

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Ten minutes of silence might top the iTunes chart this week
Perhaps the very height of experimental art wankery is a track named 4′33″ by composer John Cage. Presented to the world in 1952 -- back when they should have known better -- and written for any…

Usher starts a new relationship with Australian tech startup MSMCI
Usher has signed on as Chief Creative Director of $10.5 million Australian tech startup MSMCI. The singer, and inventor of popular dance craze the U-Turn, will mainly appear as a judge, mentor, and…

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Usher starts a new relationship with Australian tech startup MSMCI
Usher has signed on as Chief Creative Director of $10.5 million Australian tech startup MSMCI. The singer, and inventor of popular dance craze the U-Turn, will mainly appear as a judge, mentor, and…
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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