PRESS RELEASE: "Ticket News Announces Top Ticket Sellers for Week Ending October 10, 2009"

October 15, 2009 (Vernon, CT) - In a bid to pay off debt and further align itself with live music venues, Live Nation is reportedly close to finalizing a major deal to sell several theaters in the UK. While the specific terms have not been disclosed, media reports value the deal at more than £90 million, or in excess of $143.6 million. Live Nation currently owns more than a dozen theatres in the UK, including London's Lyceum Theatre and Apollo Victoria, which currently house British versions of "The Lion King" and "Wicked" respectively.

On the concert front, U.S. fans of the Jonas Brothers were overjoyed to learn about eleven seemingly confirmed tour dates for the group posted on Live Nation’s website, complete with presale and public on sale dates for tickets. However, the pop group sensation recently stated that it had not confirmed any such tour plans. According to TicketNews, brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick said that no Christmas tour is planned, even though event pages created by Live Nation suggested otherwise. John Vlautin, vice president of communications for Live Nation, attributed the concert listings on the company's site to an "employee error".

Live Nation finished third in this week's top overall sellers rankings with a power score of 4.20. The company was preceded in the rankings by primary ticketing giant Ticketmaster (power score 31.80) and secondary ticket giant StubHub (power score 22.72).

StubHub and TicketsNow retained their positions in the Top Secondary Sellers rankings this week, with power scores of 41.02 and 7.50, respectively. Ticket City moved up to third position ahead of Ticket Liquidator, which previously held the same ranking.

Ticketmaster once again dominated the Top Primary Sellers rankings with a power score of 65.89. Brown Paper Tickets and Wantickets both moved up in the rankings this week, respectively garnering sixth and seventh positions.

TicketNews.com developed the algorithm for the exclusive weekly rankings of the industry's ticket sellers. Top sellers rankings and power scores are based on web traffic received by a ticket seller's website. The power score is highly correlated with the number of transactions from the TicketNetwork Exchange™, the world's largest secondary ticket market exchange. A top seller power score illustrates a given seller's category-specific significance. Three factors obtained from multiple independent resources are used to compare sellers within a particular category.

1. Number of unique visitors (IP addresses visiting a website in a
24-hour period).
2. Number of visits (a series of one or more page requests by a visitor
without 30 consecutive minutes of inactivity).
3. Page views (the average number of unique pages viewed by a unique
visitor).

Top seller power scores should only be used to compare sellers within a particular category. TicketNews.com also ranks the top events weekly. For more information, visit www.ticketnews.com/ticket_industry_rankings.

About TicketNews

TicketNews is a comprehensive resource for news, market analysis, event announcements, and information relating to the ticket industry. TicketNews keeps industry professionals and fans informed about tour dates, current and pending ticket resale legislation, rankings, ticket “steals and deals”, and more! TicketNews developed the algorithm for the exclusive weekly rankings of the industry's top events and ticket sellers. The content is updated daily, with original articles from
TicketNews reporters and an aggregation of 3rd party sources.

With more than 120,000 unique visitors per month TicketNews has enjoyed a steady increase in web traffic. Ticket brokers, venues, affiliate marketing professionals, TicketNetwork retail customers, sports management professionals, concert/event promoters and software vendors are some examples of TicketNews readers.

TicketNetwork is the parent company of TicketNews. TicketNetwork is the leading-edge technology solutions provider in the ticket industry. With its Point-of-Sale software and real-time inventory, TicketNetwork provides the best and most efficient solutions for ticket buyers and ticket sellers.

Contact:

Allison Reitz
Ticket News
(p) 860.870.3400 x135
allison.reitz@ticketnews.com

Viveca Woods
VMW Public Relations, LLC
646-418-6934
vwoods@vmwpr.com