Taylor Swift dominates the Top Event Rankings for second straight week
It took a country superstar to knock Wicked out of its top spot in TicketNews’ Top Events Rankings with Taylor Swift now number one overall with an 11.51 power score….
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TicketNetwork relaunches retail ticketing Web site
On November 2, TicketNetwork.com launched the first of several upgrades to the Web site, focusing on increasing the value of the entertainment shopping experience for ticket buyers and pre- and…
AEG exploring possible partnerships with ticketing companies
Looking at a landscape where the possibility of Ticketmaster and Live Nation merging remains strong, entertainment company and concert promoter AEG is reportedly looking at taking on a partner to…
CoreBrand Managing Director Karl Barnhart to speak at Ticket Summit NYC
CoreBrand, a brand strategy and communications firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Minnesota, works with start-ups, medium-sized enterprises, and Fortune 50 Corporations to help them grow their…
New Jersey AG Anne Milgram settles with two state ticket brokers
Two New Jersey ticket broker companies, part of a lawsuit filed in the spring by state Attorney General Anne Milgram over the resale of Bruce Springsteen tickets, settled their cases…
Usablenet makes inroads into the mobile ticketing arena
Usablenet’s mobile platform, a tool long familiar to travelers and commuters, is beginning to make its mark in the mobile ticketing world. Launched in 2000, Usablenet sought to translate web…
Guest Commentary: The Online Ticket Marketplace: A safer option for ticket buying, selling
Recently, I had a gentleman tell me an interesting story about a strange encounter he had while selling tickets for a concert online through Craigslist. After several e-mails, text messages…
Shawn Freeman is out at TicketsNow, to be replaced by Ticketmaster’s Eric Korman
Shawn Freeman, the president of Ticketmaster Entertainment subsidiary TicketsNow, is leaving the company and will be replaced by Eric Korman, currently president of the Ticketmaster diversified live entertainment and marketing…
Yankee fans shut out of World Series tickets at the 11th hour
Several New York Yankees fans were shut out from buying World Series tickets yesterday morning, October 28, even though many of them had camped out at the box office in…
Ticket brokers moving forward with message of compliance for Garth Brooks concerts
The dust is starting to settle after casino impresario Steve Wynn’s decision to tightly regulate sales for Garth Brooks’ five-year residency at Encore Theater stirred up some well-publicized confusion earlier…