Poppy Reid

A new High Court order handed down in the UK has forced ISPs to block over 100 piracy related websites. The three major labels, who are represented by BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) and the UK…

Telstra Road To Discovery finalist Reuben Koops will be supporting John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John on their Australian tour. The 22-year-old Tasmania-born singer/songwriter with join the artist…

The European Court of Justice has ruled mobile manufacturers are not liable for users copyright infringement. The judgement comes after Danish court ( stre Landsret) sought clarification during a…

NSW Premier Mike Baird has become the latest politician to infringe copyright during a campaign. The Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party uploaded a Jimmy Kimmel-esque Mean Tweets video to…

INgrooves, the provider of digital distribution, marketing and promotion services which lists the Australian Independent Records Association (AIR) among its partners, has signed on three more labels.…

Viral Brooklyn metal band Unlocking The Truth, whose US$1.8m label deal with Sony Music in 2014 needed court approval, are cutting ties with the major label. The news was announced by the band s…

Dan Ackroyd aka Elwood Blues and John Belushi s widow Judy have announced Blues Brothers Records. The pair has inked an A R and distribution arrangement with Blue Note Records, a flagship label of…

FEATURE ALBUM Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly [Universal] - 9x albums The Compton rapper set a Spotify record for most streams in a day on Monday with 9.6 million streams. After teasing us with…

Following industry-wide criticism of the UK s secondary ticketing legislation, four online ticket resellers have agreed to a transparency code. Stubhub, viagogo, Seatwave and Get Me In (the latter…

Twitter is again cementing its place in the music business. First, it added a buy button to its platform, then it confirmed long-running talks with SoundCloud over an acquisition with embedded…

FEATURE ALBUM Alison Wonderland - Run [EMI] I m nervous about this album because I m taking a huge risk with singing on it.. writing songs... That aren t bangers . It s scary. I am aware I am not a…

The major labels will take a Swedish ISP to court in October after it refused to block The Pirate Bay. Swedish ISP Bredbandsbolaget said it would not roll over in a hearing last month with…