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Clear Channel Agrees to Billion-Dollar Buyout

Clear Channel Agrees to Billion-Dollar Buyout

By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen Clear Channel Communications’ shareholders Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a buyout worth about $19.5 billion, almost a year after initially accepting the deal. The approval is…

Ticket Fiasco is the Internet’s Fault

Ticket Fiasco is the Internet’s Fault

If frustrated Elton John and Hannah Montana fans can check their rage for a few minutes, Russ Lindmark will now conduct a class in Concert Tickets 101. Lindmark owns KC’s…

Was Smerlas Smeared?

Was Smerlas Smeared?

WEEI and TV sports yakker Fred Smerlas is contemplating a libel suit against the Boring Broadsheet because they referred to him as a “ticket scalper” in a recent Consumer Beat…

A Controversial Way to Score Concert Tickets

A Controversial Way to Score Concert Tickets

A Controversial Way to Score Concert Tickets Emerging Secondary Market In ‘Presale’ Passwords Irks Dues-Supported Fan Clubs Stephanie Kendrid, a 31-year-old accountant in Los Angeles, could have paid $29.99 to…

Mushroomhead Announce Official Fall Tour Dates

Mushroomhead Announce Official Fall Tour Dates

Mushroomhead will hit the road with a fall tour to support the band’s new album, “Savior Sorrow”, which has sold 76,000 copies in the United States since its release, according…