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More than 230 venues in Queensland s 15 Safe Night Precincts that trade after midnight will have to operate mandatory ID scanners from tomorrow (July 1), in a bid to weed out drunken troublemakers.…

Exactly one year on from acquiring Social Family Records, Golden Robot Entertainment has announced an international physical distribution deal with Germany s Soulfood and AMPED/Alliance in the USA.…

BREAKING: AdNews reports Pandora is shuttering its Australian operation. The move comes not long after the departure of MD Jane Huxley, who has not been replaced, but also after the announcement of…

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has begun investigations into the Gold Coast-based streaming company Guvera, which ceased operations in May. ABC-TV s 7.30 says that the…

Vimeo has suddenly scrapped plans for a subscription video service, eight months after it declared it was going to take on Netflix, Hulu and YouTube Red. In a brief statement it announced overnight,…

The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) this morning announced details of its inaugural Indie-Con. It is scheduled for Thursday July 27 and Friday July 28 at Tandanya National…

Flume, Jimmy Barnes, Bruce Springsteen, Missy Higgins, Deborah Conway Willy Zygler. Adele and Nick Cave The Bad Seeds are among the artists nominated for the 17th Helpmann Awards. Three contemporary…

Photo: Jeremy Corbyn with rapper JME The UK music industry concedes that things have become more complicated as a result of the country s election s shock election result late last week. The prospect…

Apple Music is fast closing in on Spoitify: it now has 27 million paying subscribers, up from 20 million last December. The announcement was made at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) held…

Music venues were one of the winners of yesterday s ACT Budget. As part of a $5.34 million nightlife package, small and low-risk venues with a capacity of 150 or less, and which close by 2am, will…