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Spotify’s lead at the head of the streaming market won’t be caught any time soon, with the Swedish company confirming that it has now passed 70 million subscribers to its paid service. It’s nearest…

Lismore-hailing sister duo No Frills Twins have signed on to judge a singing competition taking place on a new app called ’8secondz’. The Universal Music Australia-signed act recently released their…

The Australian live music industry has returned in 2018 to find that five venueshave closed, or are closing, or forced to move over the recent holidays. * Black Malabar in Newcastle hosted its final…

The results of a review of New Zealand s copyright laws are expected to be released in the first half of 2018. The first such review in ten years, it will look at how effectively the Copyright Act…

The head and public face of Apple Music Jimmy Iovine may be leaving the company in August, according to a report in Hits Daily Double. The move, a source told the magazine, will coincide with his…

More associations are committing themselves to stamping out sexual harassment, as an increasing number of incidents are reported in the music sector. The UK-based Association for Electronic Music…

British music executives are focussing on strategies for 2018 after figures for 2017 issued last week from two trade postings showed a third year of consecutive growth. What s more, greater growth…

Have you ever used a white noise machine to help yourself get to sleep? Well, you might want to watch out, because if we're to believe some recent copyright claims against an Aussie musician, you…

Just days after a Twitter thread made headlines for its opposing views as to whether or not the music streaming service Spotify pays appropriate royalties, a lawsuit has been filed, seeking $1.6…

It seems now that whenever any young artist begins to emerge on the music scene that the advice they are given is to avoid Spotify. However, the frontman for Car Seat Headrest says that all of the…