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 ...
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Live Nation announced today that it is dropping service fees for more than five million lawn tickets and hundreds of concerts on Wednesday, June 3rd. ...
In the push to approve their $2.5 billion merger, Live Nation and Ticketmaster may have a new hurdle to overcome. New head of the Antitrust ...
The battle to reform the secondary ticketing market has now moved to the state of Minnesota. After allowing ticket resale two years ago, legislators have ...
More potential opposition has emerged in the ongoing battle of the Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment merger. In addition to the current investigations by the ...
Ticketmaster has recently been the target of much criticism in the live entertainment industry, but today Live Nation is on the defense. The issue stems ...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="244" caption="NY Senator Chuck Schumer"][/caption] Senator Chuck Schumer of New York announced legislation today meant to regulate the secondary ticketing market. The proposed ...
The secondary ticketing market has been a major source of criticism lately, especially with the recent issues of Ticketmaster and its secondary site TicketsNow. While ...
It seemed the storm over secondary ticketing for Ticketmaster could not get any worse, but the clouds continue to roll in. After the very public ...
The reselling of tickets on the secondary market has always been a contentious topic, but news revealed yesterday really heats up the discussion. The news? ...
Another round of issues has popped up for Ticketmaster concerning its secondary ticketing site TicketsNow – this time from the Canadian government. It is asking ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Earlier in January, we reported on analysts’ predictions of reduced ticket sales in 2009, due to the continued U.S. economic conditions. Consumers must save these ...
Now that LiveNation’s 10-year contract with Ticketmaster is just about over, the mega-promoter has officially opened its own in-house ticketing company. The launch was “pretty ...
As the recession seeps into all sectors of the U.S. economy, some are starting to predict a downturn in the live entertainment industry. With such ...