Report: Low Sales, Not Live Nation Threats, Cost SeatGeek Deal
According to industry insiders quoted in a recent story by Billboard, it was a failure to meet venue expectations for…
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Op-Ed: Taylor Swift Meltdown Was About Greed, Not Bots
John Breyault, Brian Hess, and Gary Adler wrote the following opinion piece in the wake of last week’s Senate Judiciary…
Industry Coalition Asks Congress to Break Up LN/Ticketmaster
A consortium of music-industry groups issued a lengthy statement in the wake of last week’s Senate hearing looking at competition…
Garth Brooks Defends Ticketmaster in Wake of Senate Hearing
Garth Brooks, the country star who has been selling out venues and making millions of dollars for a generation, has…
Got a Ticketmaster Opinion? Tell a Senator and Make It Official
If there’s one thing that this week’s extraordinary hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding live events and…
Automatiq to Merge with Ticket Consignment Lysted/Drew’s Tickets
Automatiq, which provides automation tools for professional ticket resellers, will merge with Drew’s Tickets, which aggregates ticket listings from small-scale…
NY Lawmakers, AG Warn MSG Over its Continued Ban of Lawyers
Madison Square Garden and its CEO James Dolan continued to defy growing calls for it to stand down with its…
Ticketmaster MX Changes Leader After Bad Bunny Fiasco
Ticketmaster Mexico has announced Ana María Arroyo as its new CEO to replace Lorenza Baz – who had led the…
Ticketmaster/Live Nation Slammed in Extraordinary Senate Hearing
Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation were under heavy fire on Tuesday, as its president and CFO Joe Berchtold was…
Watch: Senate Judiciary Antitrust Hearing on Ticketing Industry
The long-awaited hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to address competition issues in the ticketing and live entertainment business is…