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The Group Programmers on the second survey result of 2014 The three key FM programmers, Craig Bruce (SCA), Duncan Campbell (ARN) and Paul Jackson (Nova Entertainment), have given their thoughts on…

Northern Territory acts Tjintu Desert Band, Green Stone Garden, OK Kaleidoscope, Jenni Boon, Broadwing, Miazma, Gareth Dawkins and Skarlett are among the finalists for NT Song of the Year. More than…

APRA AMCOS have launched a new licence which caters to agencies wanting to use licensed music for promotional purposes. The Online Showreels Licence came to be after APRA AMCOS noted the growing…

Sony Music and its mobile brand affiliate Sony Xperia have come together to launch a global talent search, which will see its winner sign a recording contract with the major. Artists and bands have…

Universal Music Group (UMG) has made its three East Coast consolidated labels Def Jam Recordings, Island Records and Motown Records into standalone labels under the UMG umbrella. The closing of the…

The Music Network today launches a new subscription service and product suite for the Australian music business. Industry Insider is a hard-hitting weekly newsletter, which includes Industrial…

A panel discussion at the Midem music industry conference in Cannes last week incited heckling from panelists and attendees bemused by Google’s video service YouTube. The revelation YouTube’s music…

Melbourne’s The Palace Theatre, which draws 450,000 patrons a year, is the latest music venue to announce it will be closing its doors in the city. The Palace will shut on May 31. The building’s…

New Zealand’s digital sales exceeded those on physical formats for the first time in 2013, figures by Recorded Music NZ show. Digital sales increased 3% to 51% of sales, amounting to NZ$27.9 million.…

Sydney dance duo Pnau are back in the European charts. The remix of their 2008 single Baby, retitled Changes by French producers Faul and Wad Ad, has gone #1 in Germany and Top 10 in France, Italy,…