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The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) today unveiled its 2013 wholesale figures, showing for the first time that digital music revenues have outstripped physical sales. Digital music…

Adelaide EDM artist M4SONIC has been picked up by Sony and Ultra Music after a video he uploaded to YouTube went viral. As reported by Billboard, the multi-album deal with the major and its in-house…

Sydney artist KLP has debuted at #1 on the Electronic iTunes Chart in Japan. Kristy Lee Peters collaborated with Japanese producer Banvox on his double A Side single Love Strong / Watch Me Dance.…

German copyright organisation GEMA has taken YouTube to court, claiming its blocked content notices unfairly target them as villains. GEMA represents 68,000 German copyright holders, as well as…

Pharrell Williams and his ’Buffalo’ hat are in the country, Lorde, Thundamentals and AFI drop into the Triple J offices and Ministry Of Sound award 17-year-old DJ wunderkind Martin Garrix…

dmg Radio Australia will become Nova Entertainment, as the company continues to move into more diverse entertainment interests. Lachlan Murdoch acquired 50% of dmg Radio in November 2009, purchasing…

Sony Music’s UK Chairman/CEO Nick Gatfield has exited the company. A spokesperson from Sony who spoke to Music Week said, "It was an amicable decision for Nick to leave the company at this time. We…

Prince has regained the publishing rights to his entire catalogue, and assigned them to his own NPG Music Publishing. By moving all publishing in house and taking the reins from Universal Music…

Steve Smyth joins Ivy League roster Singer songwriter Steve Smyth has been signed by Ivy League, which has just issued his new track Shake It. His first record was issued by Shock Records in 2012.…

Triple M Melbourne has been named the ‘Most Innovative International Radio Station Of The Year’ at the Worldwide Radio Summit Industry Awards The awards, which were held in Los Angeles on Friday,…