Live Nation sued for alleged strong-arm tactics
The owners of an independent promotions company are suing Live Nation for alleged strong-arm tactics that led to the owners losing a contract with the New Jersey State Fair. Thomas…
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Event planning site Eventasaurus set for 2012 launch
The process of event planning soon may become simpler with the upcoming January 2012 launch of Eventasaur.us. The new Web site aims to streamline the event planning process within a…
Front Gate Tickets adds to business development team
PRESS RELEASE: “Front Gate Tickets Grows Its Business Development Team” Austin, TX (Front Gate Tickets) December 21, 2011 — Front Gate Tickets today announced it has hired two new Business…
StubHub sued over ticket guarantee
Ticket resale marketplace StubHub is being sued by a New Jersey man who claims he bought a ticket from the site to see the Stone Temple Pilots, but was refused…
Ticket Alternative, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival sign ticketing deal
PRESS RELEASE: “Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Signs with Ticket Alternative” ATLANTA (Ticket Alternative) December 20, 2011 — The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, which is the largest film festival in Atlanta…
Knicks tickets take Madison Square Garden to top of venues rankings
With NBA preseason in full swing and fans awaiting their teams’ Christmas Day openers, basketball arenas bolted up TicketNews’ exclusive venues rankings for the week ending Sunday, December 18. The…
Eventbrite releases new mobile application
PRESS RELEASE: “The Eventbrite Mobile App Offers Paperless Ticketing And Event Information” San Francisco, Calif. (Eventbrite) December 19, 2011 — Eventbrite announced today the release of the Eventbrite mobile app,…
Ticketfly launches new Facebook ticketing application
Ticketing company Ticketfly is expanding its technological tool kit again, this time hoping to better harness the power of Facebook for ticket sales. Launched last week, Ticketfly’s new Facebook application…
Guest Commentary: The importance of ticket brokers
The ticketing industry is one of the most misunderstood industries in America. Unfortunately, the role and function of a ticket broker is even more misunderstood. It’s worth taking a minute…
StubHub buys local events site Zvents
StubHub has bought local event-discovery and promotion platform Zvents, an acquisition that will dramatically increase the number of events StubHub users can discover. Zvents.com lists more than 3 million local…