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Is Music Streaming Reaching a Pricing Threshold?

Christie Eliezer — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:56:38 +0000

With consumers tightening their belts due to severe inflation, is this a good time for music streaming services to increase their prices?

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Apple Music Beats Spotify in the Race to 100 Million Songs

Lars Brandle — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 06:38:45 +0000

Each day, over 20,000 singers and songwriters are delivering new songs, Apple Music's Australia-raised exec Rachel Newman explains.

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Aespa Is Warner Records’ First K-Pop Group Signing

Lars Brandle — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 01:16:12 +0000

With the new deal, announced out of Los Angeles, the fourpiece becomes the first-ever K-Pop group on the Warner Records roster.

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Paul Field Brings Big Band Swing to Peachy Keen, His Ambitious New Children’s Music Project

Jake Challenor — Sun, 15 May 2022 08:40:33 +0000

After more than two decades steering The Wiggles to global stages and television stardom, Paul Field is preparing to dance to a new dance as he launches Peachy Keen.

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Two Australians named in Billboard 2022 Power List

Lars Brandle — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:45:00 +0000

Ticketmaster’s Mark Yovich and Apple Music’s Rachel Newman are among the Australian executives who make the cut for Billboard’s 2022 Power List. Raised and educated in Western Australia, Yovich was promoted to President of Global in 2020, as part of a major restructuring at the ticketing giant which saw the business’s North America and international […]

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Triple J veteran Gemma Pike joins Apple Music

Lars Brandle — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:48:45 +0000

It’s a new year, and a new job for triple j stalwart Gemma Pike, who now leads editorial for Apple Music’s trans-Tasman activities. Pike is named Senior Editorial Lead at Apple Music for Australia and New Zealand, completing a decade-long run with the ABC. At Apple Music, Pike will guide a team of content creators […]

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Pnau spins exclusive French Touch DJ set on Apple Music: ‘It’ll get you on your feet’

Lars Brandle — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 01:42:30 +0000

Pnau is ringing in Christmas with some French Touch. The Sydney trio of brothers Nick and Sam Littlemore, and fellow electronic wizard Peter Mayes, drop an exclusive beat-mixed DJ set on Apple Music, part of the streaming giant’s big push into dance culture. Clocking-in just shy of an hour, ‘A Bout De Souffle’ (which roughly […]

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Spotify, Amazon, and Pandora propose even lower streaming royalty rates

Conor Lochrie — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:33:11 +0000

Three of the biggest streaming platforms in the world, Spotify, Amazon, and Pandora, want to significantly reduce royalty rates. As reported by Billboard, the major streamers filed to the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) proposing royalty rates for the period 2023-2027. They’re recommending a significant reduction in royalty rates over the period 2018-2022. The upcoming […]

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Australia to get low-cost Siri-designed Apple Music Voice Plan

Staff Writer — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:17:37 +0000

Australia is one of 17 countries to get Apple Music’s latest offering.

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Spotify launches DJ Mixes in Australia

Christie Eliezer — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 23:03:16 +0000

"This latest innovation opens up a completely new format for artists to get their music mixes in the hands of their fans."

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