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BMG has signed Roger Waters to a long-term administration deal to represent his songs in the Pink Floyd catalogue. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, or which territories it covers. Waters was…

So rapid is Australia s take-up of SVODs (streaming video on demand) that subscriptions are on track to more than double from the current 1.9 million to 4.1 million in June 2019 when it will exceed…

What helps Aussies get started on Monday mornings? If you thought it was sex, you were wrong. It s way beneath the sticky end, in a manner of speaking, than music or coffee. An online survey by Ipsos…

PRESS RELEASE: On Saturday 30th July Sydney based create music agency UNDR Ctrl celebrates two years of artists, events, tours and late night emails with a full venue takeover at our home-from-home,…

Stunning sets by Adele and Coldplay and a return to the spotlight by Jeff Lynne s ELO at the UK s Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm helped deliver record viewing figures for the BBC. BBC TV and…

PRESS RELEASE: Pandora, the go-to music source for fans and artists,today announced it s changing the way people enjoy music in their cars by partnering withUber. Starting today, Pandora will be…

This year s Art Of Music fundraiser in Sydney raised a total of $263,500 for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy to continue its work of using music to help patients cope with physical and emotional…

Image: Glastonbury festival, 2014 As reported in TMN last Thursday, the UK music industry was apprehensive about the European Union Referendum. A poll by Music Week found that 91% of respondents…

Led Zeppelin has won their Stairway To Heaven trial in Los Angeles. The jury ruled yesterday that songwriting duo Robert Plant and Jimmy Page did not plagiarse the opening chords of the eight-minute…

Image: Gooch Palms at SXSW 2016Photo Credit: Cian Davis and Bianca O’Neill The Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN) which represents all of Australia s peak state and territory music industry…