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First signings to Cooking Vinyl Australia, Kate Miller-Heidke and Calling All Cars, have implemented PledgeMusic as a springboard to create and launch their albums, landing next week. PledgeMusic has…

The Chairman of Southern Cross Media, Max Moore-Wilton, has defended the decision of the Southern Cross Media board to not re-sign Kyle Jackie O last year, and has foreshadowed discussions about SCA…

Australian management company Milton Archer – who helm the careers of The Aston Shuffle, Sneaky Sound System and Hook N Sling – has teamed with American management firm Deckstar. Deckstar was…

This week Arctic Monkeys receive a plaque from Frontier Touring and Domino Records, John Newman and Robert DeLong visit triple j, Harrison Craig takes his family to The AFL Footy Show and more. If…

APRA AMCOS is to launch a programme to develop, support and nurture Aboriginal musicians across NSW, funded to the tune of $65,000 by the NSW Government. The funding for the project has come from the…

The Government will slash arts funding by $87.1 million over four years, with the Australia Council taking the biggest hit. Australia Council regularly provides funding to the music industry. In…

The presence of Jessica Mauboy at the grand final of the Eurovision song contest saw a peak of 927,000 (metro and regional) Australians tune in to SBS for the broadcast. Metro numbers, of 476,000,…

A raft of eagerly-awaited music films and documentaries will make their debut at Sydney Film Festival, among them the Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard directed docu-fiction 20,000 Days on Earth about…

Last night’s Federal Budget spared cuts to the community radio sector, although the ABC and SBS face a funding loss of $43.5 million. Community Broadcasting Association of Australia President Adrian…

The City of Sydney has called for more than 1.6 million square metres of empty commercial and residential space to be made available to artists for creative activities and business endeavours. This…