Category: Theindustryobserver

Global Citizen will mobilise Melbourne next month. Announced today (Feb. 21), the first international edition of the Global Citizen NOW action summit event is set…

Kirsty Rivers resurfaces at Sound Story, the strategic communications agency led by Jake Challenor. Announced today (Feb. 20), Rivers, formerly head of music at Creative…

Kenya-raised singer, rapper and producer Elsy Wameyo, award-winning musical queer comedy duo Mel & Sam, and hard-of-hearing composer and sound artist Rebecca Bracewell are among…

The eyes of the nation are firmly set on Melbourne and the state of Victoria – and on this occasion, Taylor Swift can’t take all…

Groovin the Moo 2024 has been unexpectedly cancelled, just weeks after this year’s packed lineup was revealed. Organisers of one of Australia’s biggest festivals confirmed…

VASSY’s ascent to the penthouse of EDM has been rewarded with a special U.S. songwriter’s award. The Australia-born, U.S.-based singer and songwriter collects her first…

First Australia, then the U.K., now Kylie Minogue is setting-up the pieces for a full-scale assault on the United States. Kylie signs with United Talent…

Braniacs, big thinkers, game-changers and nuke-hot artists — SXSW Sydney wants you. From today (Feb. 13), the second annual music, games, screen and tech powwow opens…

Rich Moffat, the veteran festival programmer and talent booker, is calling time on the music industry. The Castlemaine-based live music professional will “step away and…

Films focusing on the Australian music giants Michael Gudinski and John Farnham dominated the documentary category Saturday night (Feb. 10) at the 2024 AACTA Awards.…

Warner Chappell Music Australia managing director Matthew Capper will depart from the music publishing giant later this month, sources tell The Music Network, as Warner…

Michael Gudinski is No. 1, again. Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story and David Williams took out the best sound in a documentary category Thursday night…

Maria Amato is Australia’s representative on the board of Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) for 2024. Announced late Thursday (Feb. 8), Amato, CEO of Australian Independent…

Brett Oaten, one of Australia’s leading music industry lawyers, is retiring. Oaten is principal of Brett Oaten Solicitors, the Newtown, Sydney-based entertainment, media and technology…

Telenova has the world at their feet, after signing new recording deals with EMI and Fiction Records, and with International Talent Booking (ITB), the live…

More than 30% of Universal Music Group’s most popular content has been removed from TikTok, the fallout of an extraordinary exchange between both parties as…

Australia’s Princess of Pop and the King of The Six String were crowned at the 2024 Grammy Awards, presented Sunday (Feb. 4) at Los Angeles’…

L-R: Elise Naismith, Matt Emsell, Andrew Stone The results of this year’s triple j Hottest 100 were announced over the weekend, with US rapper Doja…

Ticketing specialist Moshtix strikes an exclusive partnership with Zip, an arrangement that will enable cash-strapped live music fans to buy tickets for the show, and…

Forget the ongoing beef between Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj; the public spat between Universal Music Group and TikTok takes the cake. As the…