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In what could result in a significant blow to scalpers, a new motion to ban ticket bots has today passed through the Australian Senate, the ABC reports. Xenophon argued that the measures were…

As Spotify moves into its second decade of operations, there's no doubting its strong position at the head of the increasingly-vital music streaming pack, but finding a way to shape such an outwardly…

Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), an organisation charged with representing the interests of the global independent music community, has unveiled their comprehensive new study, which they are…

Double J is the top digital radio station in Australia, according to industry ratings provider GfK. The ratings for ABC’s digital-only response to the complaint “triple j ain’t what it used to be”…

Music industry charity organisation Support Act is celebrating its 20th anniversary by honouring New Zealand-born Australian philanthropic artist Jenny Morris OAM at its Music in the House event. The…

Here's the music industry news you need to know this morning. Drake breaks Ed Sheeran’s Spotify record with 76m streams in a day - via MBW Irving Azoff and a business partner, Tim Leiweke, are said…

GfK has released the year s first DAB+ survey results, showing cumulative audience numbers for each station. There is a unique #1 in each of the metropolitan markets from the 45 DAB+ only stations…

Independent artist Chance The Rapper has revealed that Apple paid him US$500,000 to release his latest mixtape Coloring Book exclusively on Apple Music for two weeks. Chance posted a series of tweets…

Image: Robert Forster The Australian Music Retailers Association (AMRA) has announced the first of its Record Store Day ambassadors for 2017. It also revealed that a record 170+ indie record stores…

Universal Music Group is expanding its catalogue of virtual reality music content: tt has struck a deal with EVR Holdings to create content for its acts on its labels as Def Jam, EMI, Capitol.…