Former Ticketmaster execs launch Rockhouse Partners
PRESS RELEASE: “FORMER TICKETMASTER EXECUTIVES LAUNCH TECHNOLOGY-BASED ENTERTAINMENT AGENCY ‘ROCKHOUSE PARTNERS’” NASHVILLE, TN (Rockhouse Partners) February 2, 2010 – Today…
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Liberty Media begins tender offer for larger stake in Live Nation
Liberty Media, which already owns about 15 percent of Live Nation Entertainment, has begun a tender offer to boost its…
FanSnap teams with Time Warner Cable for ticket search
PRESS RELEASE: “FanSnap and Time Warner Cable Inc. Partner to Help Fans Easily Find Sports, Theater, and Concert Tickets” PALO…
New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority remains undecided on ticketing contract
The fate of one of the country’s more lucrative ticketing contracts could continue to be in control of Ticketmaster, because…
NATB makes push for more members and contributions to legal fund
Coming off a successful membership drive last fall, the National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB) is making a new push…
ShowClix launches Google Android ticketing app
PRESS RELEASE: “SHOWCLIX INTRODUCES AXESS, A GOOGLE ANDROID APPLICATION THAT TRANSFORMS ANDROID-POWERED DEVICES, INCLUDING NEXUS ONE, INTO BARCODE TICKET SCANNERS”…
James Taylor & Carole King take the top spot in this week’s event rankings
Wicked (three, 4.49) gets knocked out of the number one spot in TicketNews’s Top Events rankings, and not by Super…
New ticket resale site Ticketgenie is staking its claim in the secondary market
Fledgling ticket broker Web site Ticketgenie.com has high aspirations as it navigates the competitive world of secondary ticketing. Launched by…
Utah legislature to grapple with new anti-ticket scalping bill
A Utah state representative has introduced an anti-scalping bill to the Utah House of Representatives, for consideration during its upcoming…
Ticketmaster names Ron Bension new CEO of TicketsNow
Ron Bension, a former CEO of Tickets.com, has been tapped as the new CEO of TicketsNow, Ticketmaster Entertainment’s beleaguered secondary…