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In these strange days of lock-downs, long lines at Centrelink and a pause on regular life, it pays to pay it forward. Sydney’s fabled Studios 301 is doing just that with a novel initiative that helps…

The music industry’s annual pilgrimage to the French Riviera is cancelled. Midem 2020 was due to be held this June at the Palais de Festivals in Cannes, but with the world economy in a freeze and…

Australian music publisher, The Brag Media, ​has announced Joel King as a senior hire to its commercial team. Joel King, who founded music publication Music Feeds and is the former Managing Director…

We’re all stuck at home, but APRA is keeping the money moving. The PRO is paying live performance royalties early this year, to help its thousands of members afloat during these bleak times. Members…

Australian pro audio powerhouse RØDE Microphones has announced that it will be donating up to $2 million worth of podcasting equipment to help NSW schools impacted by COVID-19. As teachers face the…

As hundreds of millions around the world face the strange prospect of a house arrest for the foreseeable future, streaming technology has come to the rescue. Netflix, Apple, Zoom and an army of…

Already reeling from the global shutdown of the live music economy, Australia’s concert promoters are absorbing another financial hit, this one created by the federal government. TIO understands the…

Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), home to 84 stations across the country, including the Triple M and Hit Networks, has entered a voluntary suspension in an effort to accurately gauge the impact of the…

Livestreaming is increasingly the fuzzword as Australian musicians and venues find ways to connect with self-isolating patrons, and tap into new revenue. On March 16, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra…

I sit nestled in a booth at a café in Melbourne’s West, the smell of fresh roasted coffee permeates through my nostrils, and as I peer around the café one can’t help but notice the uncomfortable,…