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Polyester Records is closing its Melbourne CBD store in Flinders Lane after six years, citing escalating rent charges for its decision. Owners Nate Nott and Simon Karis will focus on Polyester’s…

Streaming services from Nokia, Google and Microsoft pay artists the highest royalty rates per stream, according to a data set obtained by The Trichordest, a website which aims to protect artist…

We reported yesterday that talks between Macquarie Radio Network and Fairfax regarding a $200m merger had collapsed. This morning, John Singleton, who is the majority shareholder of Macquarie Radio…

This morning, Mark Poston revealed to TMN the label team he has assembled. Simon Cahill has been appointed Head of Marketing Brand Development, Parlophone and Warner Bros, moving across from The…

APN News and Media Limited have bought out Clear Channel’s interests in both the Australian Radio Network and New Zealand’s The Radio Network for $246.5m, meaning they now own both networks outright.…

Shazam and Warner Music Group have announced an alliance which will see the two companies use Shazam’s user-data to discover and sign acts to a Shazam-branded imprint, under WMG. As Rob Wiesenthal,…

Two legendary Melbourne venues up for sale Two popular live music venues in Melbourne, the 1,752-capacity Esplanade Hotel (aka The Espy) in St. Kilda and 250-capacity Yah-Yahs in Fitzroy are up for…

Just as vinyl is once again dominating, IKEA has announced it is discontinuing the hugely-popular Expedit line of shelving, which – as music fans know all too well – is the best way to house vinyl…

New Head of Entertainment at ABC TV Jon Casimir is the new Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, effective April 8. He is currently an executive producer with Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder The one-time music…

The Australian Government’s arts funding body Australia Council has awarded $1.2m of grants to artists and music companies including Vance Joy, John Watson’s Eleven A Music Company, The Drones, PVT…

BMG is set to acquire Talpa Music BV, an EDM publisher which owns over 37,000 songs, including hits from heavyweights such as Tiësto, Afrojack, Pitbull, Will.i.am, Beyonce, and Nicky Romero. In…

Apple today launched its music streaming iTunes Radio in Australia – marking the first time the service is available outside the United States since its launch last September. The Australian launch…