Now before the House subcommittee, Ticketmaster chief Irving Azoff attempted to allay antitrust fears with an odd statement on Thursday: if the LiveNation Ticketmaster merger ...
Archives for February, 2009
For those following the potential merger of LiveNation and Ticketmaster, the hearings have begun. On Tuesday, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee posed questions to ...
Congratulations to Michael Sistrunk for his recent promotion to Director of Entertainment Buyer Relations. Born and raised in New Orleans, Michael now lives in Austin ...
In a record three weeks time, the recent issue between Bruce Springsteen and Ticketmaster has been resolved. Back on February 2nd, an on-sale for a ...
Announced Tuesday morning, the iTunes Season Pass concept is now expanding from television series to music releases. The new program falls under the more simply-named ...
SellaBand is known for its innovative approach to recording, and it is now moving to the live stage. The Netherlands-based online venture allows independent artists ...
Touch & Go Records announced this week its plans to lay off staff and close is distribution arm. The veteran Chicago label has not disclosed ...
A contingent of Ticketmaster Entertainment shareholders has filed a class action lawsuit against the ticketing giant, claiming that the sale price to LiveNation was “grossly inadequate.” ...
Yesterday, commercial radio stations represented by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) reached an agreement with SoundExchange on webcasting royalty rates. The new deal replaces ...
If you attended South By Southwest 2008, no doubt you saw the towering presence of the ArtistForce booth on the Trade Show floor. Between the ...
Today brought some big news on the radio front, though not for the traditional sector. In satellite, Sirius XM Radio averted bankruptcy by accepting a ...
Like always, we have been working hard this past week to make some improvements and upgrades to the ArtistForce.com site. The first major change you ...
Court proceedings against four men involved in file-sharing website Pirate Bay begins today in Stockholm, Sweden. The defendants – Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik ...
With the regulatory battle on the horizon, AEG Chief Tim Leiweke has provided his own reaction to Billboard, stating he is "very concerned about the ...
If there was any doubt that touring is where the money is in the music business, take a look at the top money makers for ...
Following lawmakers’ prediction of a “near monopoly” in concert ticketing, the Justice Department officially launched its investigation into the merger of LiveNation and Ticketmaster today. ...
Amid today’s announcement of a giant merger between Ticketmaster and LiveNation, new problems surfaced for Ticketmaster and its secondary site TicketsNow. A suit coming from ...
The rumor is now fact: LiveNation and Ticketmaster have officially confirmed the merger agreement that would create Live Nation Entertainment. The combination of the world’s ...
The Sunday night airing of the 51st annual Grammy Awards received a respectable ratings boost over last year’s all-time low, with 19.05 million viewers. That ...
Resistance to the potential merger of industry giants LiveNation and Ticketmaster has already begun, with comments surfacing in the press on Friday. The regulatory response ...
A recent study by Nielsen found that the Grammy Awards can do more than recognize the biggest and best stars in music for the past ...
If you attended South By Southwest 2008, no doubt you saw the towering presence of the ArtistForce booth on the Trade Show floor. Between the ...
On February 3rd, the Wall Street Journal broke the news of a potential merger of LiveNation and Ticketmaster. Details are slim at this point, with ...
Like always, we are working hard this week to make some improvements and upgrades to the ArtistForce.com site. The major change you can see now ...
As the festival season nears, there is plenty of excitement over the announcements of headliners like Bruce Springsteen at Bonnaroo and Paul McCartney at Coachella. ...