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eBay Sells StubHub To Secondary Ticketing Rival Viagogo For $4B Cash

eBay has sold its StubHub secondary ticket resale division, to rival viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash. Swiss-based viagogo operates worldwide as a ticket marketplace for live sport, music and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/25/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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14% Of Fans Have Bought A Bogus Ticket According To New FanDragon Survey

The new FanDragon Fan Experience Index survey confirms how much fans love live music and other events, as well as, how disappointed they are in the ticket buying experience.

Bruce Houghton on 10/23/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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YellowHeart Gives Artists, Promoters Ticket Resale Control

YellowHeart hopes to give artists and promoters control of how and at what price their tickets are resold. Founded by serial music entrepreneur Josh Katz and The Chainsmokers manager Adam. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/21/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Ticketing Exchange Platform Lyte Adds $15M In Funding

San Francisco based ticket exchange platform Lyte has secured $15 million in Series A financing to drive the development of the platform and scale operations.

Bruce Houghton on 10/11/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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AM BRIEF: Ticket Exchange Lyte Adds $15M • Five Vectors +$1M • Audius Under Fire • Eilish Sells Out • More

THURSDAY 10.10.19 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 10/10/2019 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Silver Lake Acquires Concert, Ticketing Giant TEG

US investment firm Silver Lake Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TEG, the Australian and Asian Pacific concert promoter and ticketing giant from funds advised by Affinity Equity. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/04/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Lyte Empowers Fan-Friendly Ticket Resale

Lyte is on track to secure $100 million in North American event ticket reservations in 2019. The platform empowers fans to return their tickets to live events and join an. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/27/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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‘All In’ Ticket Marketplace TickPick Raises $40 Million

No-fee ticket marketplace TickPick has announced a $40 million investment from PWP Growth Equity in the startup's first institutional funding round.

Bruce Houghton on 08/07/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Live Nation Helped Sell 88,000 Metallica Tickets On The Secondary Market

Live Nation directly facilitated the sale of 88,000 Metallica tickets at inflated prices on the secondary ticketing market.  This strong piece of investigative journalism by Billboard's Dave Brooks has finally. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/22/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Blockchain Ticketing Today: One Company’s Quest To Overcome Current Hurdles

[UPDATED] In this piece, the people at Project Admission outline the viability of current blockchain technology and how they've opted to leverage non-blockchain systems to transform the secondary ticketing market. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/18/2019 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (3)
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