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Liberals Propose Privatising ABC, Triple J, Say Public Ownership ”No Longer Valid”
The recently revealed Federal Budget may have neglected to show support to...
Annandale Mayor Pushes For “Rock N Roll Not Residential Flats” As Sale Enters 11th Hour
Legendary Sydney live music venue, The Annandale Hotel, has been on public...
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Hub Launches Touring & Booking Agency, As Premier Acts Jump Ship
Another shake up of the Australian booking landscape occurred this morning, with management company Hub Artist Services announcing a Melbourne...
3 months ago
HMV Set To Cut 100 Stores And Nearly 1,500 Jobs As It Faces Financial Doom
As the UK music retail giant HMV undergoes further restructuring after entering administration in early January, after it was denied a £300...
3 months ago
SXSW 2013 Film Festival Lineup Revealed With Over 20 Music Features
One of the industry’s most important and influential conferences, Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest, is just over a month away...
3 months ago
Supafest Collapses Under $2M Debt, Plans 2013 Festival Anyway
Following months of litigation, embattled Australian hip hop festival Supafest has collapsed owing more than $2 million, with administrators appointed...
3 months ago
John Butler Owed $95k As Peats Ridge Collapse Leaves $1.2M Debt Unpaid
The severe problems surrounding the financial collapse of Peats Ridge Festival after 9 years of musical service continue to plague festival...
3 months ago
Musicians Protest As Sydney Music Festival Is Axed By Local Council
Musicians, industry figures, and lovers of local music all took to the streets of Sydney yesterday in two protests against...
3 months ago
Deezer Expands Internationally, Rdio Goes Free, As Nokia Enters Streaming Boom
The music streaming market has had a booming twelve months, with 2012 seeing many established digital music services establishing a...
3 months ago
EMI Australia Shuts Up Shop As 20 Staff Members Lose Their Jobs
As a result of EMI’s $1.9 million merger with record label giant Universal Music last September, a move that the Australian Independent Record...
3 months ago
Big Day Out’s Reboot A Success, As 2013 Figures Indicate Attendance Is Up
With the Perth leg of the one-day touring festival finishing up on Monday at the Claremont Showground, the re-branded, re-energised...
3 months ago
Indie Labels Slam MySpace For Stealing Music, “It’s Insulting, Regressive & Outdated”
Under the direction of co-owner Justin Timberlake and investor group Specific Media, the revamped and relaunched MySpace officially opened to the...
3 months ago
Thy Art Is Murder Sign Worldwide Deal With Nuclear Blast Entertainment
In what can only be described as an absolute dream for any metal band, Thy Art Is Murder have signed...
3 months ago
The Rubens Sign Worldwide Major Label Deal, Album Goes Gold
It’s pretty safe to say that 2012 was a dream year for The Rubens, who since forming in February 2011...
3 months ago
Peats Ridge Goes Bust Leaving Musicians Unpaid, As Union & Promoters Go Head To Head
Following a number of music festivals calling it a day last year, carrying on from 2011′s event bloodbath, 2013 claimed...
3 months ago
New National Live Music Coordinator Sets Agenda, ‘Time To Cut The Red Tape’
This week, Sounds Australia and Federal Arts Minister Simon Crean appointed Dr Ianto Ware as Australia’s first National Live Music...
3 months ago
PPCA Announces Record Year Of Royalty Payments To Musicians In 2012
In an encouraging result for Australian recoding artists and record labels, the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia LTD (PPCA), the...
4 months ago
Megaupload Successor Launches, Teases ‘Record Label Replacement’ Music Service
Megaupload founder and businessman Kim Dotcom has been called many things; Internet tycoon, eccentric entrepreneur, but digital revolutionary? Sunday night...
4 months ago
