Live Nation Entertainment struggles with what to do with TicketsNow as profits plummet
In early 2008, Ticketmaster announced it was buying secondary ticket company TicketsNow, a $265 million move that was designed to…
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Boston Celtics playoff tickets take TD Garden to number one venue this week
TicketNews has released its exclusive venues rankings for the week ending Sunday, May 9, and Boston’s TD Garden took the…
New York ticket resale law extension is the subject of negotiations
The issue of whether to add language to New York State’s ticket resale law, which would require paperless tickets to…
UK Competition Commission again clears Ticketmaster / Live Nation merger
The UK Competition Commission (CC), after giving the matter a second review, has decided to again approve the Ticketmaster/Live Nation…
UK businessman hopes to sell the domain name Ticket.tv
Some years ago, Rana Bassi envisioned a kind of “ticket central” in the “.tv” domain. Ticket buyers would be able…
Primary ticket company TicketFly to consider partnerships with ticket brokers
Up-and-coming primary ticket company TicketFly, which counts the Merriweather Post Pavilion and the 9:30 Club among its clients, is looking…
Guest Commentary: Ticket price forecaster SeatGeek discusses dynamic ticket pricing
Dynamic pricing is often lumped together with paperless ticketing as one of the potential “killers” of the secondary ticket market….
Tickets.com signs partnership deal with mobile marketing company Txtstation
PRESS RELEASE: “Tickets.com(R) Partners with Txtstation Global Mobile Marketing to Offer Clients Real-Time Mobile Interactivity with Fans” COSTA MESA, Calif….
Following Golden Tickets’ bid, another new broker ticket exchange is proposed
Another group of ticket brokers is proposing to launch a new secondary ticket exchange, following a similar proposal launched last…
Wicked reclaims the top spot in this week’s top event rankings
Wicked is back on top of TicketNews’s Top Events rankings for the week ending May 2. With a 5.25 power…