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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUSTIN/ August 5th, 2009- ArtistForce proudly introduces BookMe! the brand new social widget for the ArtistForce.com platform, providing artists an entirely new way ...


iLike has introduced a new iPhone app designed to alert users when artists they like will be playing in their area. New Touring Alert iPhone App ...


They might not have Shatner, but Stubhub wants you to know that you just might be able to score a last minute ticket to Coldplay ...


The Billboard midyear boxscore analysis is in, and last week Billboard's Ray Waddell weighed in on the numbers. He's noted that it's a bit unusual ...


A collector obtained Michael Jackon's hair and is working with LifeGem to create man made diamonds. He's also keeping a portion of Jackson’s hair to ...


The live entertainment business is shrinking in Germany according to the results of a survey conducted by market research company GfK of Nuremberg on behalf ...


Stop the press. Wait, what press? Definitely not one that prints anything. Your favorite British geniuses at Morgan Stanley have released another report to throw ...


Internet Radio Saved?

The conference circuit has been full of internet radio types crying about how SoundExchange was going to put them out of business for the last ...


It appears that the broadcast of the Michael Jackson Memorial event at the Staples center is putting noticeable stress on some content delivery networks. We've ...


Please buy lawn seats, really, they're OK - we'll even throw in a hot dog, and your car can come for free too! Live Nation ...


The ongoing drama of The Pirate Bay continues in Stockholm, Sweden. An appellate court has rejected an appeal that alleged the judge who found them ...


  Forbes has tallied the results and Madonna tops the list of top earning musicians from June 2008 to June 2009. The Material Girl has consistently ...


Michael Jackson is dead

The King of Pop was pronounced dead by doctors after arriving at UCLA Medical Center hospital in a deep coma, Los Angeles city and law ...


We have seen the live entertainment industry do a lot this year to help out those affected by hard economic times. From discounted tickets to ...


A new study by NPD Group has found that active Twitter users purchase 77 percent more digital music on average than non-users. Plus, 12 percent ...


EMI Sues Grooveshark

EMI Music is now suing Grooveshark, according to sources at both Digital Music News and Digital Media Wire today. Grooveshark is a music discovery site ...


Major labels and the RIAA received a major victory this week in one of the few remaining cases against individual file sharers. A Minnesota jury ...


Just in case you were waiting for an approval, the recently released working paper by Robert D. Austin and Lee Devin at Harvard Business School ...


First they removed all service fees for the lawn seats. Then, they dropped the charges for all tickets. Now, Live Nation has lowered the bar ...


British ISP Virgin Media announced yesterday a partnership with Universal Music Group to launch an unlimited music download service for a monthly fee. The unprecedented ...


What influences you to buy music? According to a study conducted by the Association of Independent Music Stores (AIMS), things have not changed as much ...


Major retailer Best Buy plans to reduce its music inventory by as much as 3 percent over the next year, according to one top executive ...


Just two days after the announcement of a new Miley Cyrus tour, complaints have already surfaced across the Internet and in the live entertainment industry ...


  Six months have passed, and it appears the RIAA has yet to rally support for its new anti-piracy strategy from Internet service providers. According to ...


Let’s start with the bad news. Everyone expected a drop, but no one knew radio revenue could go so low this year. With revised data ...