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Melbourne’s Palais Theatre announces new GM, first round of community project funding
Over a 30-year career, Cox worked at EMI, ran his own concert promotions business, and spent 10 years as the GM of Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal which he helped rebuild after the 2011 earthquakes.

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Melbourne’s Palais Theatre announces new GM, first round of community project funding
Over a 30-year career, Cox worked at EMI, ran his own concert promotions business, and spent 10 years as the GM of Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal which he helped rebuild after the 2011 earthquakes.

Australia chosen as the focus country for Germany’s Reeperbahn festival 2019, “an impressive amount of outstanding talent"
Reeperbahn festival’s director made the announcement after another hugely successful year for Australian artists in Hamburg.

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Australia chosen as the focus country for Germany’s Reeperbahn festival 2019, “an impressive amount of outstanding talent"
Reeperbahn festival’s director made the announcement after another hugely successful year for Australian artists in Hamburg.

A definitive guide to Australian music websites
Australia is The Lucky Country. Not only do we have the 7th top recorded music market in the world, we have a healthy swathe of locally-run websites entirely dedicated to giving artists a platform.…

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A definitive guide to Australian music websites
Australia is The Lucky Country. Not only do we have the 7th top recorded music market in the world, we have a healthy swathe of locally-run websites entirely dedicated to giving artists a platform.…

Pandora to be acquired by Sirius XM in $3.5b deal, will be “creating world’s largest audio entertainment company”
Sirius XM Holdings is buying online radio and music streaming service Pandora in an all-stocks deal that the companies estimate at about US$3.5 billion.

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Pandora to be acquired by Sirius XM in $3.5b deal, will be “creating world’s largest audio entertainment company”
Sirius XM Holdings is buying online radio and music streaming service Pandora in an all-stocks deal that the companies estimate at about US$3.5 billion.

JOY. joins Niche Talent Agency
Her debut EP 'ODE' has garnered five million streams to date.

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JOY. joins Niche Talent Agency
Her debut EP 'ODE' has garnered five million streams to date.

NSW music biz requests dialogue with Premier Berejiklian after festival deaths: ‘Our expertise, experience, skills and research can assist you’
A cadre of music industry professionals, artists and health and safety experts have come together to ask the Premier of NSW for an open dialogue to create a better approach to safety at music…

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NSW music biz requests dialogue with Premier Berejiklian after festival deaths: ‘Our expertise, experience, skills and research can assist you’
A cadre of music industry professionals, artists and health and safety experts have come together to ask the Premier of NSW for an open dialogue to create a better approach to safety at music…

Spotify are letting you use your DNA to curate tailored playlists
Spotify are giving listeners the chance to get in touch with their cultural roots, allowing them to use their own DNA to curate tailor-made playlists. For years now, Ancestry has been providing…

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Spotify are letting you use your DNA to curate tailored playlists
Spotify are giving listeners the chance to get in touch with their cultural roots, allowing them to use their own DNA to curate tailor-made playlists. For years now, Ancestry has been providing…

MusicNSW, Chugg, Secret Sounds, Bluesfest & 60 more sign open letter to NSW Premier
"We are the voice of music in NSW. Please do not shut us out of this important part of the discussion."

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MusicNSW, Chugg, Secret Sounds, Bluesfest & 60 more sign open letter to NSW Premier
"We are the voice of music in NSW. Please do not shut us out of this important part of the discussion."

Music industry reacts to sacking of ABC boss Michelle Guthrie
The decision to terminate the employment of ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie was handed down this morning. ABC Chairman Justin Milne said the Board believed it was not in the best interests of…

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Music industry reacts to sacking of ABC boss Michelle Guthrie
The decision to terminate the employment of ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie was handed down this morning. ABC Chairman Justin Milne said the Board believed it was not in the best interests of…

Exclusive: Aussie distributor GYROstream on Spotify’s direct artist upload strategy - “Independent artists need extra support services”
"This new upload feature highlights the fact that traditional aggregators need to offer more to stay relevant."

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Exclusive: Aussie distributor GYROstream on Spotify’s direct artist upload strategy - “Independent artists need extra support services”
"This new upload feature highlights the fact that traditional aggregators need to offer more to stay relevant."
Reporting from inside the Australian music business since '94.
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