Music Network

Sony Music Entertainment Australia New Zealand Chairman and CEO Denis Handlin AM has two more strings added to his bow. This week he will be presented the ARIA Industry Icon Award for his…

Major Australian and international names are joining together to cut a charity single to raise money for the Sanfilippo Children s Foundation Australia. The charity was set up by Meg and Al Donnell…

Paul Paoliello began this week as International CEO/COO of CM Murphy s Sydney-based Murphy Petrol Group. He was previously Director of Business Development for Murphy Rights Management, which he will…

Foxtel is launching its own Foxtel Arts HD channel in March, replacing its partnership with the SBS operated arts and entertainment channel Studio. Foxtel and SBS struck the deal in 2010 when Foxtel…

A three-strikes warning scheme for Australian-based copyright infringers is a keystone proposal in a voluntary code developed by Australia s ISPs and copyright holders to combat online piracy and…

Days after Telstra announced the closure of BigPond Music, Samsung Electronics announced that it is closing its Music Hub service in Australia on December 31. It unveiled the news on its Music Hub…

The board of South Australia s peak music association Music SA has appointed Lisa Bishop as its new General Manager. The board reported, A highly qualified executive with extensive experience in the…

Atomic Kitten are heading to Australia in 2015, they announced in London last night. They are doing a world tour as part of their 15th anniversary celebrations doing a Greatest Hits set. So far they…

Melbourne has developed a very clear strategy to help it become one of the world s music cities, much in the same vein as Liverpool, Seattle or Nashville. Christie Eliezer explores how the Australian…

The Rolling Stones grossed a total of US$45.3 million (Australian $37.5 million) on the Australian and New Zealand leg of their 14 On Fire tour. They drew a total of 174,025 fans over seven shows,…

Dainty Group International has acquired what it describes as a cornerstone investment in live music sponsorship and ticketing company BangTango. The size of the stake is not known. Dainty and…

Sony Music Australia broadens out with Mass Appeal Records Sony Music Entertainment Australia this week releases one of the hottest hip hop albums of the year, Run The Jewels 2, through a team-up…