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SoundCloud has just made some serious headway for its soon-to-be-launched subscription service; it s inked a licensing deal with long-time holdout Sony Music. The deal now gives the Berlin-based…

Sony Music Entertainment Australia has launched a unique A R initiative to develop emerging industry figures. The first Sony Music A R Academy will take on three tertiary education graduates for a 12…

PRESS RELEASE: Respected music industry trainer Rodney Holder from successful business podcastwww.musicbusinessfacts.com is hosting a free online music industry summit. This online conference will…

Austin police have remanded one person in custody after gunshots were fired into the air early Sunday morning (Australian overnight). The incident sent a large crowd running near the intersection of…

PRESS RELEASE: Choose Your Cruise, the company responsible for holding Australia s biggest music festivals at sea, is proud to announce the return of their highly successful Cruise N Groove musical…

Two Australian live drawcards, Sydney s The Preatures and Melbourne s Kingswood, have lost long-time members. The Preatures guitarist and back up singer Gideon Bensen is today heading to the UK to…

PRESS RELEASE: Nielsen announced the launch of Nielsen Digital Audio Ratings, the new solution to measure over-the-air radio listening, across mobile apps and web players, regardless of ad model and…

Melbourne-based music journalist Bianca O’Neill is on-ground at the 30th annual South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) in Austin. In the review below O’Neill details the Opening…

Macquarie Group exited a significant portion of its investment in Southern Cross Media (SCA) late yesterday afternoon. Macquarie held 26% of SCA at the close of trade Thursday, and offered 120…

France-based Deezer is now streaming music on the Apple Watch. Pandora and Apple s own music services are available on the Apple Watch, but not Spotify, which means Deezer has the opportunity to…