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Nick Gatfield is a highly-sought breed of music industry exec; he’s a music man with a head for international business. Gatfield arrived at the helm of Sony Music’ s UK company in the latter months…

RÜFÜS change name for North America On the eve of their debut appearance at SXSW, RÜFÜS have been forced to change their name to RÜFÜS DU SOL for North America. This came after the exchange of…

Sydney pop group 5 Seconds Of Summer are set to become our biggest exports since Gotye, selling out a ten-date US tour of two-thousand seaters in under five minutes. This comes off the back of their…

10% rise in profit for JB Hi-Fi Electronics and music retailer JB Hi-Fi announced its net profit for the six months to the end of December was $90.3 million – a 10% rise on the previous corresponding…

Mushroom’s Ian James made Adjunct Professor Mushroom Music Publishing Managing Director Ian James will take up a new role as Adjunct Professor in Victoria University’s College of Business in…

Boy Bear’s second record Harlequin Dream looks set to make a massive splash across the other side of the earth, with lead single Southern Sun scoring many notable radio additions in the US and UK…

Mark Poston is back in the biz. The former EMI Australasia chairman is making a homecoming of sorts, TMN can exclusively reveal. He’s taking on duties as Managing Director of Parlophone Australia and…

INXS, Lorde sell double-Platinum, Rufus and Bliss n Eso sell Gold INXS’ The Very Best Of and Lorde’s Pure Heroine have both picked up their second Platinum … Rufus’ Atlas has gone Gold … So has Bruce…

Ben Richardson is the new Senior Vice President and General Manager of Viacom International Media Network in Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, he will oversee the strategic direction and…

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have managed to bring listeners across to their new breakfast show on Kiis FM, lifting ratings by an impressive six points in the first survey period of 2014. In…

Google names new head of YouTube Google named Susan Wojcicki, VP Ads and Commerce, as the new head of YouTube. She replaces Salar Kamangar who is moving to another post at Google. Google CEO Larry…

Bruce Springsteen notched up his 11th number one album on the Billboard 200 this week. High Hopes sold almost 100,000 units in its first week and entered at #1. Of these, 72,000 were sold on the…