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Spotify has today officially launched Spotify Premium for students in Australia, granting them access to the service for half the usual price. University students in Australia can sign up for Spotify…

Nick Findlay is now Music Director at triple j, following longtime head honcho Richard Kingsmill’s new title of Group Music Director across a number of ABC Radio properties. Findlay has been at…

Last weekend s Bluesfest Byron Bay reached an accumulated attendance of over 105,000 over five days, making it one of its biggest crowds. In its 28th year, it drew alongside that of 2015, which had…

Audience Republic has announced the latest lineup for its free Music Tech Summit event, to be hosted at Universal Music’s office in Sydney on Thursday May 4. Junkee Media co-founder Tim Duggan will…

Internet entrepreneur and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is planning to launch two new business ventures, even as he appeals to the United States Supreme Court to get back US$75 million of seized…

Revenue for UK record companies hit a five-year high in 2016, according to new data from industry association the BPI (British Phonographic Industry). The BPI s revenue combines streaming, downloads,…

If it feels like half your social circle was in the California desert over the long weekend, this might be why: a report from secondary ticket market giant StubHub ranks Australians as the fourth…

Troy Carter, the former manager of Lady Gaga and now a Spotify executive, has been appointed entertainment adviser for Prince s estate. He will continue in his role at Spotify as its Global Head of…

Ed Sheeran has cut a deal to end a US$20 million copyright infringement claim over one of his best-known songs, Photograph. Songwriters Thomas Leonard and Martin Harrington accused him of copying…

I OH YOU began as an indie club night and have had great success in its incarnation as a label with a roster that includes Violent Soho, DMA’s, City Calm Down and DZ Deathrays. Now a new management…