Poppy Reid

Finland has ditched the copyright levies on digital devices and has instead introduced a government fund to compensate artists for consumers private copying of music and film. Finnish MEP Henna…

Live Nation s digital innovation division, Live Nation Labs is undergoing a massive shake up, according to multiple sources. The reports follow the exit of the division s executives Eric Garland and…

Andy Vincent, Universal Music Australia s ex-Key Account Manager for Streaming, has joined Spotify as Label Relations Manager for Australia and New Zealand. Working from the streaming service s…

Universal Music Group and the creatives behind Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire and Golden Globe-winning film Elizabeth have teamed to launch a music and dance project in India. The Dharavi…

Live Nation Entertainment has formed a new company with Thailand s leading entertainment company BEC-Tero Entertainment to promote international concerts in the territory. Thailand is one of the…

Sydney brother-sister duo Angus Julia Stone scored #6 on Billboard s Hot Tours list, sandwiched between The Black Keys and Nelly. The Hot Tours list is published weekly, ranked by gross, and compiled…

Jay Z s $US56 million public offer for Scandinavian company Aspiro, which operates high-def streaming platform WimP/Tidal, has been accepted. The 45-year-old rap mogul made the bid of 464 million…

Following its expansion into 24 new countries last week, Rdio now offers a catalogue of around 35 million songs in 85 countries, making it the largest streaming service in the world in terms of…

Nine out of 10 Australian users of Spotify s freemium model are happy to be served ads, and users worldwide spend over nine times as long per day on Spotify than Facebook. Spotify unveiled research…

Red Bull Records has expanded its Sony Music Australia distribution deal to a global deal, excluding Japan. Red Bull Records releases have been distributed through Sony/Red in the US since the label…

Listeners of Nova Entertainment s smoothfm are more relaxed and more engaged with ads than the station s four direct competitors: WSFM, Kiis, 2Day and Triple M. Nova is calling the study -…

Photography Credit: Ken Leanfore He was initially hesitant because at that point I don t think he really understood what a manager did. He was like, Do you get gigs? How does this work? Tom Gaynor -…