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The Jensens Shark Thunder As we all know, the Unearthed volcano spits that hot fire every single day. And, as the days get cooler, we consider ourselves very lucky just to be around it. But every now…

Melbourne Music Week (MMW) has called on the music industry to take part in this year’s event. Organisers are seeking input from labels, venues, promoters and businesses for the event’s Self-Made…

Streaming service Rdio has announced an exclusive integrated partnership with national media company News Corp Australia. The teaming gives eligible digital subscribers to News Corp a six-month…

The Australian Radio Network’s (ARN) iHeartRadio digital radio service has released its first local audience data, showing impressive download figures. The app has been downloaded 308,000 times and…

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have managed to bring listeners across to their new breakfast show on Kiis FM, lifting ratings by an impressive six points in the first survey period of 2014. In…

While iHeartRadio is publicly celebrating its impressive user statistics, internal figures from the ABC show that various proprietary podcasts were downloaded 6.2 million times throughout April, with…

Apple is reportedly in negotiations to purchase Beats Electronics for US$3.2bn, which will mark the company’s largest acquisition to date. The Financial Times speculates that the deal could be…

Universal Music Group (UMG) has reported a 9.8% fall in first quarter revenues to €984 million - 2% down on the same quarter last year. The company says that revenues benefited from significant…

Veteran record producer and label founder Martin Erdman passed on Monday May 5 in Sydney, after a brief illness. He was 77. Erdman was best known as in-house producer for Festival Records from the…

Applications for the City of Melbourne’s 2015 Arts Grants Program have opened. Funding of up to $20,000 is available for projects that "enliven the city and engage, challenge and excite residents,…