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Voting has opened for the 2014 APRA Song of the Year award, the largest peer-voted songwriting award in the country. The vote is open to all APRA members currently living in Australia (NZ members are…

More Aussies say: stop the world, I want to get on R B singer and songwriter Alston Koch this week moved to Los Angeles to work with Prince’s music director and chase up soundtrack offers. He has…

Music Rights Australia looked at the top five illegal sites and searched for Australian artists that have recently had a #1 Album on the ARIA Albums Chart. They then tracked which albums were…

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…

In a move they claim will "empowers indie labels to move into publishing", Cooking Vinyl’s CV America is launching a new publishing services model, which will include an outsourced A R network.…

Australia’s first music-only crowdfunding site has been launched by a team operating out of Melbourne. Panda Crowd – still in Beta mode – has been built and funded by an operation headed up by Brad…

The recent decision of the rate court judge, that Pandora will pay American performance rights organisation ASCAP a royalty rate of 1.85% of their annual revenue, will save Pandora US$21m, according…

The Recording Industry Association of Japan’s annual report of digital music showed a 23% decrease in digital revenue in 2013 from 2012, despite the lack of major streaming services in the country.…

The Rolling Stones have postponed all scheduled shows for their tour of Australia and New Zealand following the death of L’Wren Scott. The Rolling Stones are planning to reschedule these shows at a…

Michael Chugg told The Music Network that plans are being drawn up in Australia to celebrate his 50th anniversary in the business. These include the re-release of his 2010 memoirs Hey! You In The…

South Australia’s Hall of Fame launches Friday March 28 at the Goodwood Institute in Adelaide. It will be opened by veteran radio identity David Day, who has donated 40 years of music memorabilia.…

Global music trade revenues fell by 3.9% to US$15bn in 2013, neatly contrasting with a worldwide growth in digital music revenues of 4.3%. According to the annual IFPI global report, subscription and…