September 2024
It’s the Kylie and Troye show as ARIAs go for the masses again
After a concept album about a cockroach won in 2023, the industry voters for Album Of The Year in 2024 have picked more mainstream fare.
- Michael Bailey
May 2024
Billionaire Pratt leads Aussie charge at garden-themed Met Gala
A high-profile annual event, the Met Gala is a benefit for the New York museum and marks the opening of its Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit.
- Ben Kellerman
March 2024
Kylie Minogue, Jimmy Barnes’ record label wants more money from radio
Mushroom Group pays $14 million a year to promote Aussie artists, but that is steadily falling as streaming and social media change the music industry.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
February 2024
Kylie Minogue’s ‘Padam Padam’ delivers her first Grammy win since 2004
The Australian singer’s song has been described as a “hypnotic electro”-inspired dance pop.
- Maria Sherman
April 2023
- Opinion
- Private equity
Kim Kardashian, private equity feminist
The internet is making it possible for women entertainers to escape the male-controlled corporations that used to own their work.
- Aaron Patrick
January 2023
NBA all-star gives wine giant a US boost
Celebrity tie-ups are growing in the US wine market, with the NBA star’s label driving sales for Accolade as it takes on Treasury Wines.
- Simon Evans
First vinyl, now cassette tapes are making a comeback
Much to the bemusement of Boomers, audio cassettes, which peaked in popularity in 1989, are staging a revival, and it’s young people who are buying them.
- Gus McCubbing
October 2022
- Analysis
- Travel
Can Rose Byrne trump Roger Federer in sales?
Forget palm trees and dolphins, Hollywood celebrities are being enlisted to sell holidays, especially with global travel back to 60 per cent of pre-COVID levels.
- Fiona Carruthers
January 2022
- Opinion
- Australia Day
Change a date that divides Australians instead of uniting them
The jumbled history of dates chosen to celebrate the nation’s foundations only seems to underscore that there must be better options out there.
- David Hunt
November 2021
Kylie Minogue (and family) cash in on $20m office property
The pop princess and family members have tapped into strong investor interest for well-leased suburban office property in Melbourne’s inner east.
- Nick Lenaghan
September 2021
Kylie Minogue and family eye $20m real estate windfall
The Minogues’ exit is timely, with offices in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn gaining fresh appeal in the pandemic world of hybrid work, outside the CBD.
- Nick Lenaghan
December 2019
Where the bloody hell do they go?
We ask the stars of Tourism Australia's latest ad campaign where they love most in Australia.
- Updated
- Fiona Carruthers and Max Mason
Kylie, Warnie, Barty lead Tourism Australia's $15m UK push
Kylie Minogue launched the new campaign singing a specially written "Matesong" delivered right before the Queen's annual Christmas address on ITV.
- Max Mason and Fiona Carruthers