PRESS RELEASE: “Signature Retail Site TicketNetwork.com Announces Agreement to Serve as Secondary Ticket Market Option of NYTimes.com Sports Section”
South Windsor, CT— June 11, 2012 – TicketNetwork®, the leading online ticket exchange for events and an innovative technology solutions provider for ticket buyers and sellers, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with The New York Times. As part of the agreement, the software company’s signature retail website, TicketNetwork.com, has been named the exclusive Secondary Ticket Market Option of the NYTimes.com sports section.
The collaboration brings customized sports ticket listings to the readers of the NYTimes.com sports section via a custom-built Event Tickets Module, powered by the TicketNetwork® application program interface (API). The modules offer convenience by displaying a selection of upcoming events and links that easily connect readers to TicketNetwork.com, where they can purchase tickets. The events displayed through the module are geographically and contextually targeted, ensuring their relevancy to readers.
“TicketNetwork® is proud to provide ticket buying options to the discerning sports enthusiasts who rely on the sports section of NYTimes.com® for world-class sports news, statistics, and commentary,” said Jessica Cushing, Associate Vice President of Online Marketing for TicketNetwork®. “Through these ticket modules, NYTimes.com readers have the option to buy hard-to-find and high-demand event tickets from a network of trusted, independent resellers. At TicketNetwork.com, our customers know to expect quality service, backed by industry-leading security and our 125% money back guarantee.”
About TicketNetwork®
TicketNetwork® hosts the leading online marketplace for event tickets to concert, sport, and theater events around the country and the world. Through our vast network of websites, we connect buyers and sellers from around the country, with ticket inventory listings to more than 80,000 events worldwide. Our company’s flagship software product, TicketNetwork® Point-of-Sale, powers real-time ticket transactions through our Online Exchange, making it the leading innovative software platform in the secondary ticket industry. Our signature retail website TicketNetwork.com is both Payment Card Industry (PCI) and EVSSL-certified, ranking it among the top secure sites for event tickets in the secondary market. TicketNetwork, Inc. subsidiaries include Ticket Software LLC, TicketLiquidator.com, and PrimeTix. TicketNetwork® was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in South Windsor, Connecticut.
About TicketNetwork.com
Since its launch in 2007, TicketNetwork.com has helped connect thousands of live entertainment fans to the vast network of independent sellers that list tickets on the TicketNetwork® Online Exchange. The site’s straightforward design allows customers to easily find, compare, and buy the most sought-after tickets to concert, sporting, and theater events worldwide. In addition to being PCI-compliant and EVSSL-certified, TicketNetwork.com offers customers a 125% money back guarantee on their purchases. TicketNetwork.com is the signature retail website of ticket software company TicketNetwork, Inc., and is headquartered in South Windsor, CT. To learn more, visit www.ticketnetwork.com.
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Viveca Woods
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