Independent music publishing company peermusic has signed Norwegian singer, songwriter, producer and recording artist Aurora Aksnes, professionally known as Aurora, to a go-forward worldwide publishing agreement.
Aurora commented: “I’m really excited to work with the team at peermusic. After spending some time with Ralph [W. Peer, Managing Director, U.K., Australasia and Vice President of peermusic’s African and Middle East operations], Harry [Knyt, Head of A&R, UK, peermusic] and Dylan [Mye...

Australia is joining the cohort of countries with a mandatory content obligation on streaming services. The Labour Government will introduce in Parliament in the coming weeks legislation that will require video streaming with more than one million Australian subscribers to invest at least 10% of their total expenditure for Australia – or 7.5% of their revenue – on new local drama, children’s, documentary, arts and educational programmes.
The figure falls short of the 20% quota requested by Scree...

Vanessa Picken, who served as Chair and CEO of Sony Music Australia and New Zealand for the past three years, is stepping down. No replacement has been announced by parent company Sony Music Entertainment. Picken took over from Denis Handlin, who departed the company after 37 as CEO of the company, amid allegations of discrimination, bullying and harassment.
Picken made the announcement in a note to staff published by The Music. "It has been a privilege to lead such a dedicated and talented com...