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# More Music News: Dynamic Ticket Pricing, UK Crackdown Debate, Kayne Explodes, Label Exec Arrested & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/ticketmaster-plans-to-unveil-dynamic-pricing-on-some-events-and-one-analyst-says-it-could-give-the-ticketing-giant-a-boost/
- Published: 2009-09-14T00:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-09-14T00:38:00.000Z
- Description: Ticketmaster plans to unveil dynamic pricing on some events and one analyst says it could give the ticketing giant a boost even without a Live Nation merger. (TicketNews) TWO UK. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/09/ticketmaster-plans-to-unveil-dynamic-pricing-on-some-events-and
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

- **[![Tickets](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a5c31029970c-100wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a5c31029970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Ticketmaster** plans to unveil **dynamic pricing** on some events and one analyst says it could give the ticketing giant a boost **even without a Live Nation merger**. ([TicketNews](http://www.ticketnews.com/Analyst-With-dynamic-pricing-Ticketmaster-can-whether-no-merger-with-Live-Nation909108?ref=hypebot.com))
- **TWO UK VIEWS: 1) Filesharing crackdown divides UK music industry.** A coalition of artists says moves to suspend offenders' broadband connections are like 'cracking a nut with a sledgehammer'. ([Guardian](http://Filesharing%20crackdown%20divides%20UK%20music%20industry%20%20Coalition%20of%20artists%20says%20moves%20to%20suspend%20offenders%27%20broadband%20connections%20are%20like%20%27cracking%20a%20nut%20with%20a%20sledgehammer%27)) **2) Filesharing is defended by gigging performers, but who pays the songwriter?**  
Artists can sing for their supper. Composers can’t. ([Times UK](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest%5Fcontributors/article6831436.ece?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Beyonce** does damage control after **Kanye West’s VMA outburst**. ([Boston Herald](http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20090914beyonce%5Fdoes%5Fdamage%5Fcontrol%5Fafter%5Fkanye%5Fwests%5Fvma%5Foutburst/srvc=home&position=6?ref=hypebot.com), includes **video** of the outburst.)
- **iPods Still Reign** Supreme, but **Competition Closes In** ([PC World](http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090911/tc%5Fpcworld/ipodsstillreignsupremebutcompetitionclosesin?ref=hypebot.com))
- **'Label Executive’ Arrested in DV8 Music Piracy Investigation** \-  
The major online music release group DV8 had been severely disrupted in  
June after a police and music industry investigation led to arrests.  
Now there have been further arrests. ([TorrentFreak](http://torrentfreak.com/%E2%80%98label-executive%E2%80%99-arrested-in-dv8-music-piracy-investigation-090911/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Mike Masnick's **Techdirt follows the example of the musicians he often writes abou**t [experimenting](http://techdirt.com/rtb.php?ref=hypebot.com) with the **freemium** model. ([CNet](http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023%5F3-10351205-93.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-DigitalMedia&ref=hypebot.com))
- All Four Major Labels Sue Ellen DeGeneres Show. ([FMQB](http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1496002&spid=1314&ref=hypebot.com))
- Bandcamp drops 128K downloads in favor of 320K.
- **Spotify is back to invite only** in the UK due to "huge demand" for its mobile service. ([Billboard](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content%5Fdisplay/industry/e3i769003baee0c3e51613734aefc2a6abe?ref=hypebot.com))
- Make sure you didn't miss anything important last week with Hypebot's **[Music Industry Week In Review.](https://www.hypebot.com/the-new-music-industrys-last-week-in-review/)**
- **R.I.P.** Punk rocker and poet **[Jim Carroll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%5FCarroll?ref=hypebot.com).**