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The Australian office of global publishing service Music Sales Group has announced a special service for unsigned and/or unmanaged songwriters. The Launchpad service is one of the first projects…

Nine Network has confirmed it is airing The Voice and Australia s Got Talent in 2016. After a low relaunch, the rebooted The Voice pulled in strong figures in its fourth season. On its sixth episode…

Melbourne s Something For Kate are the latest band to take part in Music Matters Australia and New Zealand s campaign. The animated campaign to encourage people to think about the value of music has…

PRESS RELEASE: Frontier Touring have announced the cancellation of the Australian leg of Tyler, The Creator s Cherry Bomb World Tour which was scheduled to begin next month. We would much rather come…

Last year, Shazam partnered with both Rdio and Spotify to allow users to playback full songs after they Shazam them. Now, the music discovery app has updated the way users of either service interact…

Is major music streaming service Spotify planning to offer premium-only content next year, to offset the challenge by Apple Music? Digital Music News reported of speculation that it is looking at…

PRESS RELEASE: Given BIGSOUND s continuing growth as Australia s premier music industry conference and artist showcase, QMusic is exploring options for structuring and strengthening our team. We…

While the European Commission has found no evidence of collusion between Apple and major labels where it was believed the tech giant aimed to penalise its streaming competitors Apple is still being…

Survey: despite digital obsession, music listening rises for Aussies Australians are obsessed with the internet, which now ranks alongside TV (at 60%) as the main source of leisure past time. But…

Live Nation acquires UK s Great Escape promoter Live Nation acquired MAMA Company, the UK operator of London venues including The Forum, The Borderline and Camden Barfly and promoter of festivals The…