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PRESS RELEASE: Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its worldwide deal with multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Gary Barlow and will represent his entire song catalogue for the first time. The…

After 37 years, the annual Golden Stave Gala Charity Dinner won t be going ahead next Friday (June 19). The Board of Trustees of The Golden Stave Foundation has cited disappointing ticket sales as…

The end comes to Easterfest Just after the Easter long weekend, TMN revealed that the organisers of Toowoomba s Christian music festival Easterfest announced they were going to assess its long term…

TMN has revived Hot Seat to offer our young industry subscribers an insight into what it takes to make it in the music business. Since leaving his career as an AFL player, Nathan Lovett-Murray has…

Universal Music Group revenue rose 2.3% on a constant currency basis, from 984 million (AU$1.3bn) to 1.09 billion (AU$1.53bn) in the first quarter of 2015. The major label s French media and music…

TMN Ask A Lawyer is a semi-regular column where our readers receive expert legal advice from a renowned entertainment lawyer. Q: In the UK people are free to make parodies of copyrighted material…

Apple is apparently seeking to ink direct licensing deals with independent labels, bypassing global digital rights agency Merlin, which represents the world s independent label sector. Streaming…

The Federal Government has passed a draft law which blocks pirate sites from Australia. The new law means rights holders, such as artists, labels or music publishers, can apply for a federal court…

A Bill that will force ISPs to block pirate sites from Australia is likely to be passed before the end of the month. The Senate s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee has today…

PRESS RELEASE: In what surely must be a case of their wildest teen dreams coming true, Sydney s Bloods have signed a worldwide publishing deal (ex AU/NZ) with Seattle-based Sub Pop. The deal…