Poppy Reid

Cooking Vinyl Records Owner Martin Goldschmidt and ex-MD Vital Distribution, Mike Chadwick have signed LA-based label Linear Labs to their independent music company Essential Music Marketing. Linear…

Melbourne-based independent music group Unified has added UK band The One Hundred to its predominantly local roster. The group’s three-year-old label UNFD will release the nu-metal band’s debut EP…

A new California bill brought forward by Assembly member Raul Bocanegra has targeted device-based piracy. It is now illegal to sell, rent or manufacture at least 100 recordings of audio or…

Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Adam Alpert, manager of New York City DJ/production duo The Chainsmokers, are set to launch a music publishing company. Selector Songs will have a specific focus on pop…

Three-time Grammy-winning band Train and Slash, who just released his third solo album, will perform at this Sunday’s NRL Grand Final. Train, whose fifth LP Bulletproof Picasso entered the ARIA chart…

ARIA has today released mid-year charts for the top 100 albums and singles. Australian and New Zealand artists hold a heavy presence through both charts; in the top 10 alone they have a 50% share of…

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s most wealthy person, may launch a takeover bid for Fairfax Media. The mining heiress and Executive Chairman of privately-owned mineral exploration company Hancock…

Live Nation has announced a partnership with NSW Health to engage with youths about sexual health. The NSW Government’s Sexually Transmitted Infections Programs Unit launched a campaign titled Play…

In January this year Shock Record’s most recent General Manager Craig May departed to relocate to the UK, ending his 11-month tenure with the label. This week the nation’s largest independent…

Sydney’s 5 Seconds of Summer are headed for a #1 debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Billboard has predicted the band’s eponymous debut LP will take the top spot when it enters the chart next…

Apple’s iTunes store has revealed itself as the jewel in its crown after the tech giant unveiled its quarterly financials overnight. Apple reported revenues of US$37.4 billion and a net profit of…

After leaking News Corp Australia’s confidential Weekly Operating Statement, news website Crikey has said it will remove and destroy all electronic and hard copy versions of the accounts. Crikey made…