Live Nation Ticket Sales and Revenue Rise, But Losses Continue
Concert and ticketing giant Live Nation Entertainment reported earnings for their second fiscal quarter yesterday, showing an increase in net income of $58.1 million for the quarter, compared to $7.7. Continue reading
Live Nation CEO On Ticketing, Irving Azoff and The Future Of Live Touring [VIDEO]
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino sat down with Fortune Magazine's 's Adam Lashinsky at this year's Brainstorm Tech for a wide-ranging discussion about the current and future state of the. Continue reading
Live Nation Goes Local, Humane… With Food
Starting this month, concert giant Live Nation is switching to locally grown produce and meat certified by Humane Society animal welfare programs, as well as, adding vegetarian options in its 38. Continue reading
WME’s Ari Emanuel vs. Irving Azoff: Emails Of Their Battle Go Viral
(UPDATED) An apparent email dispute between William Morris Endeavor head Ari Emanuel and former Live Nation chairman Irving Azoff went public this week when the email missives were CC'd to. Continue reading
EDM Promoter SFX To File $175 Million IPO
Electronic music promoter SFX Entertainment has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to raise up to $175 million in an initial public offering. The New York company, founded. Continue reading
Live Nation Adds Qualcomm Exec Peggy Johnson To Board Of Directors
Live Nation Entertainment today announced that appointed Peggy Johnson has been appointed to join its Board as a new independent director, Ms. Johnson currently serves as Executive Vice President of Qualcomm Technologies,. Continue reading
Live Nation And Insomniac Form Creative Partnership
Live Nation has signed a deal with EDM promoter Insomniac Events, the company behind the successful Electric Daisy Carnival. In a post on Insomniac's website, CEO Pasquale Rotella said they. Continue reading
Live Nation, Sound Engineer Charged In Radiohead Stage Collapse
The Ontario, Canada Ministry of Labour has charged three companies and one engineer in the wake of a deadly stage collapse at an outdoor Radiohead show in Toronto last year.. Continue reading
“Live Nation Part 2” – Will Ownership Consolidation Ruin EDM?
Guest post by Daniel Lieberman, Policy Fellow at Future of Music Coalition. We’ve seen this movie before: large media company enters growing, now profitable music scene. Large media company buys. Continue reading
Who LiveNation Should Acquire Next
Guest post by Brenden Mulligan, technology entrepreneur and founder of Onesheet and ArtistData. Follow him on Twitter at @mulligan. LiveNation has made some impressive moves lately. First, it bought BigChampagne and brought on its. Continue reading
