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Payment provider PayPal has banned torrent download site Streamza from using its safe online pay service. Torrentfreak reports PayPal stopped providing its service earlier this week, thus freezing…

The Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) board has been hit with three resignations. Chairman Jeff Chandler and Director Graham Thompson have bowed out, effective immediately. Treasurer…

Touring continues to be the main source of income for musicians, as Taylor Swift tops Billboard’s Money Makers list, which calculates US earnings for 2013. Swift beat out big ticket names such as…

First GfK survey results released tomorrow Tomorrow is going to be a big day for all in metro radio. It’s the release of the first survey results of 2014 and the first since GfK took over from…

Neil Young had been teasing his plans for a high-resolution audio device since early 2012 - he even conversed with Steve Jobs about a new iPod – but it wasn’t until a Facebook update last September…

Australian singer Prince Henry Mak has debuted at #1 on the Chinese QIY K-Pop chart, as part of five-piece boy band JJCC. The group was put together by Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan – who has…

Record labels make more money from fan-made videos uploaded to YouTube than they do from their official music videos, according to Francis Keeling, the Global Head of Digital Business for Universal…

Recent tragedy in the Rolling Stones camp has led to doubt being cast over their appearance as the first live act at the newly-refurbished Adelaide Oval. Sources at the venue have told TMN that they…

Ciggie Witch Long Weekend When Wagga Wagga via Melbourne outfit The Ocean Party released their third album Split last year, the record’s title track was a stand out moment. It was also the perfect…

Global music trade revenues fell by 3.9% to US$15bn in 2013, neatly contrasting with a worldwide growth in digital music revenues of 4.3%. According to the annual IFPI global report, subscription and…