Music Business News: New Zealand

Taste Profile will initially be available in beta for Premium users in New Zealand in the coming weeks.

Wards' adieu follows hot on the heels of Charlotte Stahl's departure as head of Music Partnerships for the EMEA region

The new feature is 'part of a broader shift in how we think about personalization,' Spotify says

peermusic will handle copyright registration, royalty collection, sync licensing and creative opportunities for Mushroom's roster of songwriters.

Rights management org APRA AMCOS blames the problem on algorithms that 'favor scale and international repertoire'

Electric Avenue, a two-day music festival being held each year in February in Christchurch, draws 40,000 fans per day.

For now, the service is available only to artists in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea

Holt has spent a total of 34 years with the company