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The commercial radio industry recorded a slight fall in metro ad revenue of just over 2% for November. A total of $68.601 million was secured according to figures sourced by Deloitte and released by…

PRESS RELEASE: OpenLIVE, winner of the 2016 Sound+Image Innovation Award has partnered with Yamaha Music Australia, leaders in home audio, in a promotion for their award-winning MusicCast wireless…

Image: Star Maker finalist Hayley Jensen PRESS RELEASE: Fairfax Rural Events and Toyota are proud to announce the finalists for the 2016 Toyota Star Maker competition, Australia s most prestigious…

ARIA winners Tame Impala, Courtney Barnett and 5 Seconds of Summer are included in the shortlist for next year s NME Awards in the UK. For the second time, Sydney s 5 Seconds of Summer have been…

Calls for pill testing at music festivals have intensified after another death, this time at Stereosonic in Adelaide on Saturday. Since the death of 25-year-old Sylvia Choi at Stereosonic Sydney…

PRESS RELEASE: Over the past few months Universal Music Australia has been in communication with a US company based in Chicago called Gramovox and has now been appointed as the exclusive distribution…

A first-of-a-kind report sets the contribution of cultural and creative industries (CCI) to the global economy at US$2.25 trillion annually and with music ranking at #10 within CCI. CCI also…

Facebook has rolled out two new features, live streaming and concert ticket sales. Both are currently being market-tested in the United States only. Real-time live streaming via mobile phones is fast…

Ed Sheeran s December 2 show more than had a crowd singing along for almost two hours to just a man and his acoustic guitar. It also set a new attendance record for nib Stadium in Perth, playing to…

A world-first music rights marketplace, which handles composers, songwriters, artists, labels, publishers, and music supervisors, has launched in Australia. Songtradr was founded by…