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The industry and health experts react to NSW Premier’s vow to ban Defqon.1 after apparent drug overdoses.

Qantas start quietly removing music from in-flight entertainment in July, saying that less than 10% of passengers were tuning in. But APRA AMCOS Dean Ormston has hit back, saying they're "not seeing the opportunity to celebrate Australian songwriters and composers through better, researched curation."

"The monitoring actually shows extremely high levels of compliance,” CRA chief executive Joan Warner told the inquiry, while APRA AMCOS' Dean Ormston says this is "not necessarily across the board."

Announcing their two executive producers plus seven artistic associates who will help to innovate festival programming, audience experiences and community representation.

D-Teck, A&R at Akon's Sony subsidiary label Konvict Musik, has brought attention to industry scammers.

Pandora's The Drop playlist rivals Spotify's Discover Weekly feature.

“It was apparent the first day we went on sale that tickets for the Melbourne show were flying out the gate... we simply had to make the decision to move to a larger venue to accommodate everyone."

It’s not surprising that Spotify is keeping mum on its latest expansion plans.

“So Frenchy So Chic has always surfed the zeitgeist and never more so than 2019.”

It seems to intensify speculation that his successor is outgoing Warner/Chappell chairman Jon Platt, who leaves at the end of this year.