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L-R: Dean Ormston (APRA AMCOS), Jennifer Brown (SOCAN), Gadi Oron (CISAC)
APRA AMCOS & SOCAN On Creative Industries & AI: 'We Believe This Moment Presents A Unique Opportunity'
CISAC Board of Directors convenes in Australia for the first time in 25 years , APRA AMCOS and Canada’s Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada ( SOCAN ) have ... issued a joint statement about creative industries and artificial intelligence. APRA AMCOS and SOCAN have teamed up as Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney , visits the Australian Parliament. SOCAN
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Dean Ormston, Gadi Oron
APRA & CISAC To Commemorate Joint 100th Anniversaries With Sydney Event
Australia for the first time in 25 years, where they’ll be hosted by APRA AMCOS (since 1997, APRA has been partnered with the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society ). Leaders ... major collective organisations, such as APRA AMCOS (representing Australia and New Zealand), ASCAP (US), GEMA (Germany), PRS for Music (UK), JASRAC (Japan), and others, will gather in Sydney
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Telenova
'Everything Fell Off': The Struggles That Birthed Telenova's New Album, 'The Warning'
Melbourne trio – Angeline Armstrong , Joshua Moriarty , and Edward Quinn – famously met at an APRA AMCOS SongHubs camp in early 2020, brought together under the watchful eye of producer (and former
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Melita Hodge
Melita Hodge Receives Association Of Artist Managers Legacy Award
head to the AAM Awards website to find more details and enter. Additionally, the APRA AMCOS Lighthouse Award will be presented at this year’s awards ceremony. Applications close
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The Temper Trap
APRA AMCOS Unveils First-Ever Michael Gudinski SongHubs Program
100th anniversary celebrations of APRA continue. Today, APRA AMCOS has revealed that its annual songwriting program, SongHubs , will be transformed into the Gudinski SongHubs for the first time. Commemorating ... Dundas . Dundas continued, “MG was a real champion of young Australian bands, and with APRA AMCOS turning the success of the SongHubs camps towards a more band-focused format
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2026 APRA Professional Development Award recipients
APRA Reveals 2026 APRA Professional Development Award Recipients
towards their professional development. As it celebrates its 100th anniversary, music rights organisation APRA AMCOS presents the Professional Development Awards. The annual trophies don’t just recognise emerging and established ... artistic excellence, but a strong commitment to their craft,” said Dean Ormston , CEO of APRA AMCOS. “Together, they showcase the breadth of incredible talent we have in this country right
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Lizzie Young (CRA), Annabelle Herd (ARIA)
ACMA Thumbs Its Nose At Music Industry As Commercial Radio Code Drops
deserve a framework at home that gives them a genuine foundation to build on. APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston also expressed disappointment towards the new code. He explained: This code ... such as Triple M – awarding the station Licensee of the Year at the 2023 APRA Music Awards – Ormston continued: Triple M always go above and beyond and their audiences love
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2026 AAM Awards
Entries For 2026 AAM Awards Now Open
Manager of the Year, Emerging Manager of the Year, and Community Engagement Award. The APRA AMCOS Lighthouse Award will also be presented during the event, but can’t be entered
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Ecca Vandal, Ninajirachi, Folk Bitch Trio, Emily Wurramara, Liam Bell (Playlunch), Ocean Alley
APRA Reveals Shortlist For 2025 Song Of The Year
APRA AMCOS has revealed the Top 25 tracks in the 2026 Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year , pulling from different genres and artists across the country for songs released
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APRA 100
'A True Honour': APRA Reveals 100th Anniversary Celebrations
paid when their work is performed. From this month in 1926 to now, APRA AMCOS has blossomed to become Australia and New Zealand’s largest music rights management organisation. Today ... available to view, showcasing 100 years of music and cultural moments on the APRA AMCOS website . “From the licensing of dance and radio broadcasts in the 1920s to protecting creators
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Darren Lim, Eliza Hull, Hamed Sadeghi, Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung, Queenie, Zeppelin Hamilton
Finalists Revealed For The 2026 APRA Professional Development Awards
APRA AMCOS has revealed the finalists for the 2026 APRA Professional Development Awards ( PDAs ), with Australian artists and composers across all genres nominated. This year, 61 songwriters and composers have
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Ruel, Ninajirachi
Winners Revealed For The 2025 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition
media fields. Taking home the $50,000 first prize this year, with thanks to APRA AMCOS , Alberts and Sony Music Publishing , was Ruel for his song The Suburbs . The song