Why did God invent ticket brokers?
Recently an article on ticket scalping appeared in The Bulletin, a newspaper in Oregon that was not particularly remarkable in…
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Garth Brooks Teams Up with World’s Biggest Scalper – To Stop Ticket Scalping
Not too many years ago Top Class Actions and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that Ticketmaster settled a class…
Who’s Really Scalping Ticket Buyers
When concerts are sold out minutes after going on sale, primary ticket sellers like Ticketmaster and artists themselves have been…
Dave Brooks Launches Print and Online Media Project Amplify this Fall
Dave Brooks, long-time journalist and live entertainment industry writer, is launching Amplify, a new media project covering the live entertainment…
What is a POS?
After attending this year’s Ticket Summit and NATB’s World Ticket Conference, I am inclined to address a question that many…
Event Venues Partner with Groupon to Sell Tickets to Live Events
You can buy almost anything on Groupon. Food, fitness classes, spa services, and Aerosmith tickets? The Prudential Center in Newark,…
International Arrests Made in $1.6M StubHub Fraud Case
In a press conference Wednesday, July 23, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance announced that seven members of an international cybercrime…
Stubhub Announces Customer Accounts Hacked, Long-term Fraud Investigation
Over 1,000 StubHub (NASDAQ:EBAY) customer accounts were hacked by cyber thieves, who fraudulently bought tickets on the website with stolen…
Shark Tank’s Daymond John Highlights Final Day of Ticket Summit®
Today marked the final day of Ticket Summit®, the leading trade show and conference for live entertainment professionals, which was…
Successful Day Two at Ticket Summit® in Las Vegas
Ticket Summit® concludes another successful day of networking, panels, and live entertainment discussions at the ARIA Resort and Casino in…