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Research company Roy Morgan has concluded its report on streaming service usage finding that 1.65m Australians over the age of 14 streamed music on their mobile phone in an average four weeks. The…

Ministry of Sound Australia’s 120 Publishing has signed a deal with Truelove Music for the UK and the entire continental Europe, including the Russian Federation. 120 represents 14 key MOS writers…

INXS manager CM Murphy’s new Murphy Rights Management (MRM) has entered into a worldwide administration agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG). Murphy told TMN earlier this year that…

ARIA Charts Manager Ian Wallace chats to TMN about sales trends and anomalies in 2013. You’ve obviously studied the charts for many years, what trends did you notice in 2013? We had a record number…

DMA’s were signed to I OH YOU and Mushroom Music worldwide last December. Since then, their single Delete and its accompanying EP, recorded and produced by the Newtown trio at home, has created…

Some years ago, when Joe Camilleri went on stage to pick up an award for The Black Sorrows, their then-record label Chief Denis Handlin quipped, “There’s no finish line for you, is there Camilleri?"…

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has reauthorized APRA for another five years to administer and license performing rights in musical works. ACCC Commissioner Dr. Jill Walker…

The South Australian Music Hall of Fame will induct Jim Keays of the Master’s Apprentices posthumously on July 11. Keays who was born in Glasgow, grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Burnside and moved…

Sanitarium secures Justice Crew, Samantha Jade, for music project Sanitarium has secured Sony Music acts Justice Crew and Samantha Jade for a new music project. The Raised on Weet-Bix initiative…

Justin Bieber’s music video Baby has become the first clip to achieve one billion views on Vevo. The achievement comes off the back of a renewed social media push by his fanbase to see the video…

Attorney-General George Brandis last month mentioned a ­“three-strikes policy” as a potential tactic in helping to solve the ongoing copyright infringement problem in Australia. Consumer rights…

In anticipation of tomorrow night’s Golden Stave Gala Dinner, The Music Network speaks to host Richard Wilkins How long have you been involved with Golden Stave and what is your involvement? Like a…