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Is There a Price Reduction in Ticketmaster's Future?
Live Nations hints at lower TicketMaster service fees. Apparently, they don’t understand the implications of a Justice Department approved monopoly. In other words, don’t hold your breath. Here is an interesting post from East Bay Express: Such candid remarks from LiveNation.com’s Noah Maffitt at the San Francisco MusicTech Summit
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Major Ticket Scandal in Kansas
This story surfaced on the front page of Yahoo News this morning about a major ticket scandal in Kansas: LAWRENCE, Kan. – A high-ranking member of the University of Kansas athletic department and the father of a prominent Jayhawks’ athlete allegedly made more than $800,000 in a ticket scalping operation
TicketFly Rounds Up $3 Million to Fight Ticketmaster
Here is an interesting post from AllThingsSD Average concertgoers go to two shows a year, and there’s a very good chance some of the money they spend on those shows goes to Ticketmaster, which dominates the ticketing business. So here’s a company that wants a piece of that: TicketFly, a New York-based
Broker-owned ticket exchange organizers plan to meet in Las Vegas in July
Here is a new post from TicketNews: The proposed broker-owned ticket exchange , which is being touted by the owners of Texas-based Golden Tickets , appears to be gaining some momentum, and its organizers are planning to meet with brokers about it in Las Vegas in July. Originally, the group planned to
Ticket Counterfeiter Busted Thanks To Photo
Mari Alfaro, was escorted off the premises of a Phoenix Coyotes playoff game after buying counterfeit tickets from an individual she contacted on Craigslist.com. Mrs. Alfaro, not entirely confident of the $200 transaction, smartly decided to snap a quick photo of the scalpers license plate. This move,
New York Considers Extending The 2007 Law For Open Secondary Ticket Market
The secondary ticket market law allows for largely unrestricted ticket sales across the state. Why a law is needed to allow something to be done freely seems a bit odd, but that’s what it says. It’s kind of like having a law that allows people to breath unrestricted. Only when something
An Argument Against Paperless Tickets.
If Ticketmaster and LiveNation have their way fans will know what a paperless ticket is very soon. A paperless ticket provided by
Apple Files Patent for Concert Tickets +
A new detailed patent has been submitted by Apple according to the folks at Patently Apple. The patent details a distribution method for paperless concert
StubSearch.com launches iPhone App
Buying tickets on-the-go has never been easier. This week Stubsearch.com launched their long-awaited iPhone app. The app allows users to search and purchase tickets to millions of events worldwide, directly from their iPhone. Some of the key features to the iPhone app are listed below: Search for
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Announced.
Run-DMC, Metallica and Jeff Beck are a few artists who will be inducted into Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Saturday, April 4th at Public Hall.
Artists are eligible for inclusion 25 years after their first recording is released. This year’s crop will be inducted in a ceremony in Cleveland