Music Network

The debut self-titled LP from Sydney’s 5 Seconds of Summer has hit the half million mark in the United States. With total sales this week at 507,000, it is the 17th album to hit silver in the US in…

The Church, Angus Julia Stone, Ball Park Music and Courtney Barnett were among the 180 artists from around the world who have been announced in the first round of acts to showcase at South By…

When One Direction took Sydney pop band 5 Seconds of Summer out on a 66-date international tour with them, or when they tweeted to their millions of followers that the Aussies had a new single out,…

Music publisher Native Tongue has partnered with Prince’s NPG Music Publishing to release his music in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. The catalogue spans his entire career to date…

US company Clear Channel will now be known as iHeartMedia, in a rebranding effort designed to promote itself as a global digital radio outlet. iHeartMedia chairman and CEO Bob Pittman said in a…

Support Act Ltd’s ambitious Bandwagon funding campaign has reached almost 60% of its target. This morning the figure stood at $57,919. The Pozible campaign was launched last week to raise $100,000 by…

EMI Music Australia has signed Sydney DJ, songwriter and vocalist KLP (Kristy Lee Peters). This year she increased her profile, taking over as host of triple j’s House Party and playing festivals…

The community broadcasting sector has called on government to include it in digital radio’s roll out to regional areas. 60 politicians and members of the community broadcasting sector met at…

KKBOX, the Asian streaming service with 10m users and market dominance in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, has raised $104m (US dollars) from Singapore’s sovereign wealth…

CONTROL, the five-stage program designed to help music managers from Australia and New Zealand grow their businesses, is calling for applications. The program will incorporate two residential labs to…

Rhapsody International has acquired Soundtracking – the app, technology and its team, while also recruiting the entire team behind Exfm, the developers of music discovery technology and mobile apps.…

Gaga Music has announced that it will represent the Beggars Music publishing catalogue for Australia and New Zealand. Beggars Music boasts a strong catalogue of artists including Glass Animals,…