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Warner/Chappell is suing EMI, Apple continues Asia expansion, and more

Here's all the music industry news you need to know this morning.

Hanson streams spiked 235% during Australian tour

Surprising no one, the majority of listeners in Australia were between 28-34-years-old.

Finalists for the 2017 APRA Professional Development Awards have been announced

The finalists for the 2017 APRA Professional Development Awards have been announced today, with 40 nominees over 8 categories being nominated.

Behind Paul McCartney’s long and winding road to get his songs back

Sources: Kanye has sent a legal letter to TIDAL claiming he is owed US$3M

Kanye West has apparently quit his role as one of the founding shareholders of Jay-Z's streaming service, TIDAL.

Creative industry gets more than $2 million funding boost with three separate initiatives

35 patrons newly banned on first weekend of Queensland’s compulsory ID scanners

Chance The Rapper & Kings Of Leon pressured MTV to remove bad reviews

A restructuring at MTV has uncovered that MTV was pressured by Kings Of Leon and Chance The Rapper to remove bad reviews of their music.

The organiser of the ill-fated Fyre Festival has been charged with fraud

The Fyre Festival was a spectacular failure back in April of this year, but now its founder, Billy MacFarland, is faces 20 years in jail for fraud.

Paul McCartney & Sony/ATV resolve Beatles rights battle

Paul McCartney and Sony/ATV have quietly settled on a landmark case over rights to songs he wrote with the Beatles.