In this episode we are chatting with COO of ARIA and PPCA, Board Director of both The Copyright Council and Support Act, Lynne Small.

With a strong background in finance, Lynne’s career started at Mushroom Festival Records. But for the past few decades she has worked across both ARIA - the Australian Recording Industry association and PPCA the phonographic performance company of Australia. In this conversation I ask Lynne how Australian artists can achieve chart positions in the ARIA, how albums and singles get nominations for the ARIA Awards and how streams and downloads are counted towards the charts. We also talk about the Radio Fair Play campaign, the current record industry lobbying to change the government mandated caps on fees radio pays to recording copyright owners and the importance of being a PPCA member.

LINKS:
ARIA Awards Panel - The Music Network

https://themusicnetwork.com/2023-aria-awards-eligibility-criteria/

PPCA Fair Play

https://www.ppca.com.au/news/radio-fair-play

ARIA chart stores

https://www.aria.com.au/charts/stores

APRA and PPCA with Milly Petriella and Lynne Small

https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/apra-ppca-with-milly-petriella-and-lynne-small/id1606637744?i=1000566697179

Raising their voices report: https://musicindustryreview.com.au/

A national review of sexual harm, sexual harassment and systemic discrimination in the contemporary Australian music industry and recommendations for reform.

Support Act:

https://supportact.org.au/