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TEG, owner of Ticketek and a suite of live events assets, has acquired the #1 ticketing company in Malaysia, TicketCharge. With offices in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, the acquisition will see TEG…

Here's all the music industry news you need to know this morning. Warner/Chappell is suing EMI for allegedly only paying half the royalties it owes on the 20th Century Fox catalogue. - via Billboard…

Spotify streams for Hanson soared during the trio's tour of Australia and New Zealand last month. Spotify Australia told TIO the band's plays were up 235% on the service as they brought their Middle…

Finalists for the 2017 APRA Professional Development Awards have been announced today, with 40 songwriters and composers, across eight categories, being nominated. The bi-annual award ceremony sees a…

Last week, Sir Paul McCartney achieved something he lost in 1969 the ownership of his share of the 206 songs he and John Lennon wrote during their Beatles days. After initiating a lawsuit in New York…

If a report by gossip rag TMZ is to be believed, Kanye West has quit his role as one of the founding shareholders of Jay-Z's streaming service, TIDAL. According to TMZ, "sources close to Kanye" have…

A series of new funding programs have launched in Victoria, Queensland and the ACT, as part of separate schemes offering a much-needed cash injection into the arts and music scene. The Victorian…

The first night under Queensland s compulsory ID scanners at Safe Night Precincts (SNPs) venues picked up seven banned patrons, Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath reported. Four were in Surfers, two in…

If you haven't been paying attention to what's been happening with MTV's news department lately, they're currently in the middle of a restructuring process, which is set to see them take on a more…

You might recall the ill-fated Fyre Festival that (almost) occurred in April. How can you not? It was such a disaster that its name is starting to become synonymous with large-scale failures, similar…