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Photo credit: Jasmine Fisher Victoria s Government continues to bolsters the state s music industry with a new initiative called Music Passport. It includes a number of initiatives that will see acts…

Last month, That Movie Guy Marc Fennell s departure from triple j sparked a nationwide search for a worthy replacement. The station amassed 1,300 applications from keen media consumers around the…

Ariana Grande s One Love Manchester has been a TV ratings smash in the UK. It drew a TV audience of 10.9 million for the BBC, making it the most-watched TV event of the year so far, with a peak of…

Image: Katie Noonan with her former music teacher Michael Mangan (Chris Hyde for Fairfax) This year s ARIA Awards include a new category called Music Teacher of The Year, the Australian Recording…

While not the only people to be burnt by the now-defunct Soundwave festival following its spectacular collapse, Adelaide ratepayers have been left to foot a $75k bill after a decision was made by…

In one huge play, Concord Bicycle Music joins the head pack of the world’s biggest music publishers. Concord has acquired Netherlands-based independent publisher Imagem in a deal reportedly worth…

When Heath Johns left his role as Director of A R at Universal Music Publishing Australia in January 2016, he had grown restless with his hopes for the music industry. His move to set up BMG…

Guns N' Roses notched up an impressive record this week, with their Greatest Hits collection's latest appearance on the Billboard 200 albums chart being the record's 400th non-consecutive week on the…

In 2006, Scott Storch had a string of hit records to his name, $70 million in the band, and a niggling cocaine addiction. By 2015 he had filed for bankruptcy, burnt many of his industry connections,…

Somewhere back in the midst of the mid-2000s, Martin Novosel had a vision – if the Beastie Boys had fought for his right to party, then it was his responsibility to ensure the party went on. Purple…