21 February 2024 In this article from The Conversation, Michael James Walsh, from the University of Canberra explores the changing relationship between music streaming users and the secret...
5 January 2022 Opinion from Jen Seyderhelm I was in my car at the lights next to a tradesman in his early 20s. He was in the car...
20 December 2021 Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran was the most played song on Australian radio in 2021. AirCheck has released the figures today (20 December 2021) showing...
9 December 2020 Analysis from Steve Ahern Two events this week have put a spotlight on the way the music industry business is evolving. Bob Dylan has...
9 December 2019 A recent research project conducted by Xtra Insights of close to 3000 people aged 16-39 around the Asia-Pacific region uncovered four distinct radio listener groups....
28 November 2019 Recently, Xtra Insights interviewed close to 3000 participants across eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region to understand people’s views on music, radio, as well as...
17 November 2019 The third in a series of music research articles from Xtra Insights. The past few years have seen a change in the audio consumption...
8 November 2019 This is the second in a series of six music research articles for radioinfo from Xtra Insights. Read the first article here. The emergence of...
5 November 2019 In the first of a series of research articles from Xtra Insights, exploring The Future of Music on Radio, Hannah Lovegrove explores listener attitudes to...
4 July 2019 Over half of Australia’s population listen most to pop music, according to a study just released by the Victorian Music Development Office. The results are from...
16 February 2019 As part of its Music Policy, the NSW Labor party has included a pledge to fund music and youth projects on community radio. Labor's...
30 January 2018 2Day FM has refreshed more than three quarters of its playlist in the music repositioning it has undertaken this year. As we reported early...
4 October 2017 Australian singer/songwriters have seen a bumper year for royalties, with record royalty collections driven by exponential streaming growth, and royalty payments increasing by 17.7% on last year....
10 September 2017 2SER’s acting music director Daniel Ahern avoided the dilemma of whether to program his own music on the station last week, when his first EP...
1 June 2017 Liam Payne & Quavo dress up at No.15 with ‘Strip That Down’ in this week's top spins chart. Liam Payne is the latest ex-1D member to...
8 September 2016 The global music industry has been going through a long and well documented transition. After a long period of decline the industry returned to growth...
3 August 2016 This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris Featuring Rihanna was the most played song on Australian radio in July 2016 with 3,751 spins,...
16 March 2015 Something that we all agree on at Radiodays Europe 2015 is that radio is no longer the same, with the rise of on-demand, online, on...
2 February 2014 AFTRS Radio Division Coordinator Christine Kirkwood has left her job to concentrate full time on her music career. The talented singer/ songwriter has been enjoying her...