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Salon.com June 27, 2000 Eric Boehlert |
The summer of (slightly less expensive) love Thanks to the likes of Limp Bizkit, Pearl Jam and Britney Spears, concert prices are coming down. So why are those damn ticket fees still going through the roof? |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Live Nation Looks to Climb the Charts The concert-venue leader is growing but struggling. Investors, this stock likely belongs at the bottom of your watch list. |
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Ronald Grover |
Trading The Bleachers For The Couch Americans are staying away from events and movies in droves. Is it a blip or a trend? |
Salon.com July 25, 2000 Mark Schapiro |
The day the music died The merger of America's largest concert promoter with its largest radio station owner will mean Pringles, payola and more Top 40 from coast to coast. |
Salon.com August 7, 2002 Eric Boehlert |
Radio's titan hits the skids After replacing a high-profile exec, Clear Channel, the 800-pound gorilla of the entertainment industry, suddenly faces a lot of banana peels. |
Knowledge@Wharton October 8, 2003 |
Sequins and Spandex: Marketing Lessons from Rock and Roll The most famous names in rock and roll owe their long-term success to marketing skills as much as to musical talent, according to the co-authors of Brands That Rock: How to Win Fans and Influence Profits. No matter what you sell, the authors suggest, you would do well to emulate these techniques. |
BusinessWeek September 4, 2006 Sarah Lacy |
The Hot Ticket Isn't Ticketmaster Ticketmaster is taking aim at increasingly popular Web resellers. |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Jon Fine |
Rockers, Keep Your Day Jobs The mainstream rock act that reliably sells platinum, or 1 million copies, is an endangered species. |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Jeff Schlegel |
Satisfaction How a die-hard Rolling Stones fan switched gears and became a financial advisor to help other fans remain loyal to their band through their retirement years. |
Salon.com August 8, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
Suit: Clear Channel is an illegal monopoly A tiny Denver promoter is taking the most powerful force in the music industry to court... |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2009 Alissa Territo |
Ticketmaster: Pass Go, Collect $200 Ticketmaster wields virtual monopolistic power. Ticketmaster has linked artists and fans for live events since 1976, while taking a lucrative cut along the way. |
Salon.com July 19, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
What's wrong with the music biz? Napster's out of the picture, but for the first time in a decade, album sales are down -- and ticket sales are sagging too... |
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Spencer E. Ante |
Ticketmaster Faces A Full-Court Press Can the Internet break Ticketmaster's grip on music and sporting events? |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Live Nation Dates a Legend The concert promoter signs a savvy twelve-year deal with U2. |
AskMen.com Nick Kennedy |
How To: Deal With Ticket Scalpers One danger you face by buying from scalpers is that you may be getting counterfeit or bogus tickets. |
Wired August 2005 William Gibson |
U2's City of Blinding Lights The Vertigo tour is a monster concert machine and the ultimate rock-and-roll R&D lab with 12,000 daisy-chained LEDs and spy cams controlled by a PlayStation. |
AskMen.com Robert Scalia |
Top 10: Rock Duos Singer/guitarist duos have become legendary in the world of rock, the driving force behind some of the most popular bands of the last four decades. Here is a look at the top 10 rock duos of all time. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Adam Satariano |
Pricing Baseball Tickets Like Airline Seats Qcue is helping teams set prices that will pack fans into the stands. The software could boost sports and entertainment revenues by $20 billion a year. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Hello? Ticketmaster Shoots Itself In The Foot By Releasing All Adele Tickets At Once Ticketmaster's servers and back end collapsed today under the strain of demand for all of Adele's North American tour dates, which went on sale simultaneously, leaving many fans unable to buy tickets. |
AskMen.com Robert Scalia |
Top 10: Rock Concerts Of All Time There are certain rock shows that, for one reason or another, transcend their particular tour date and venue and truly capture the essence of that artist or band, transforming one simple night into legend. |
Salon.com September 19, 2002 Brian Doherty |
When I'm 64 In defense of the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Other Ones: Anyone who says rock 'n' roll is just about youth is a critical fascist. |
Salon.com August 22, 2001 Paul McLeary |
"Rock 'Til You Drop" by John Strausbaugh A baby boomer rock critic condemns his generation's insistence on lionizing the burned-out bands of their long-lost youth... |
Wired December 2006 Steve Knopper |
Diary of a Scalper Street hawkers are history. Savvy resellers use the Web to turn tickets into cash. |
Salon.com December 19, 2001 Eric Boehlert |
Music industry in the pits! Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting... |
Fast Company Dec 2013/Jan 2014 Daniel Krieger |
Ticket Wars The ticketing industry consists of two main players, which spend a lot of time fighting each other. Now they both may suffer. |
BusinessWeek February 10, 2009 Jon Fine |
TicketMaster-Live Nation: An Obama Layup Have the Justice Dept. nix the TicketMaster/Live Nation merger, Mr. President, and both consumers and performers will rejoice. |
AskMen.com October 29, 2003 Matthew Simpson |
Top 10: Highest Attended Concerts Of All Time So what are some of the concerts that have been attended by the most people? Read on to find out. |
Salon.com April 6, 2001 Stephanie Zacharek |
The roots of the Rolling Stones Andrew Loog Oldham, the man who turned the Stones into bad-boy icons, tells his story, and a fan weighs in... |
CRM October 1, 2006 Colin Beasty |
Market Focus: Sports and Entertainment: CRM for Bleacher Creatures Smaller franchises are leveraging CRM to increase their fan bases. |
CIO March 15, 2003 Michael Schrage |
Build the Business Case Extracting value from the customer's customer is no easy task. |
Fast Company September 1, 2007 Amy Feldman |
Hot Tickets EBay and other online outfits have created a legitimate $2 billion a year business reselling seats at concerts and sports events, and a risky new world for Ticketmaster. |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Ticketmaster Bids for Attention The InterActiveCorp subsidiary beats scalpers at their own game. Ticketmaster's online TicketExchange is a win for almost everyone. |
CRM June 2013 Paul Greenberg |
The Fan Business Winning sports franchises know that selling tickets is only the beginning. Great customer experiences can provide measurable and exceptional business value. |
AskMen.com March 20, 2002 Dennis O'Connell |
Top 10 Classic Rock Live Acts 10 live Classic Rock artists and bands that shook the foundation each and every time they took the stage... |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Scalp Tickets to This Merger Event promoter Live Nation and ticketing giant Ticketmaster will be combining in a merger of equals. |
AskMen.com Kyle Grace |
Top 10: Rock 'n' Roll Dinosaurs The following acts have defied decades of changing trends and styles, substance abuse, dubious artistic choices, deaths in the family, and near fatal palm tree incidents. |
Home Theater March 19, 2004 |
Latest Software Reviews Dirty Pretty Things... Rolling Stones: Four Flicks... Andy Narrell SACD, The Passage. |
AskMen.com August 20, 2003 Steve Richer |
How To: Start A Rock Band Even if you're a working professional who only has free time on the weekends, there are ways to put a successful band together and pursue a serious music career that will take you places. |
InternetNews February 4, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Rushing Online For Super Bowl Tickets Super Bowl fans log on to find those elusive Super Bowl seats. |