With Irving Azoff at the helm of the new Ticketmaster Entertainment, the company is stepping up efforts to sell downloads alongside tickets. "It’s a platform for us to build a. Continue reading

Is Ticketmaster: The Concert Promoter Next? Ticketmaster is buying a majority interest in Irving Azoff’s Frontline Management (Christina Aguilera, the Eagles, Jimmy Buffett and Neil Diamond and others) and Azoff. Continue reading

Secondary ticketing company viagogo.com has launched an options market for NFL playoff tickets. Why not extend the concept in some form to concert tickets? With Victory Pass, you pay for. Continue reading

In another blow to Ticketmaster, Live Nation Ticketing, which debuts in January 2009, has added 216 stadiums, arenas and theaters managed by SMG and the 5 million annual tickets sold. Continue reading

The internet has created an expectation of free – from music and movies via P2P to Google’s latest application or service. Free,  however, did not extend to the re-sale of. Continue reading

COMMENTARY: The music industry should follow the lead of the consortium of major college and university presidents who this week called for the US to lower the legal drinking age. Continue reading

Indie music discovery site OurStage has added  four new partners to its free online gig and talent finder resource Marketplace: music festivals Noise Pop and RedGorilla and artists Matt Nathanson. Continue reading

Steven Himmelfarb today begins work as an agent at indie booking powerhouse The Billions Corporation after three years at Paquin Entertainment in Toronto. His roster, which includes Tokyo Police Club,. Continue reading