Ticketmaster Announces New Facebook App
Just when we thought the world couldn’t get any smaller and Facebook’s reach couldn’t get any bigger, Ticketmaster decided to announce its latest concept—an app that lets users buy concert tickets without ever leaving the can’t-live-with-it-can’t-live-without-it social networking site. read more
Found in: Industry, NewsTicketmaster to Offer Refunds Starting in 2012
Yahoo! Finance has reported that Ticketmaster will start refunding money after a court ruled that the company profited off of overcharged processing fees since Oct. 1999 that they never declared they were receiving. read more
Found in: Industry, NewsTicketmaster, Facebook Present Interactive Ticket-Buying Experience
In an effort to curb the 40-ish percent of live concert tickets that go unsold, Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard unveiled earlier this week his plan to steer the much-maligned company in a direction more attuned to the music fans: interactive seating charts in cooperation with Facebook. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsConspiracies Abound Regarding LCD Soundsystem Ticket Issues
After the tickets for LCD Soundsystem’s finale in New York City’s Madison Square Garden disappeared from Ticketmaster within seconds, only to reappear on resale site TicketsNow, James Murphy got very, very angry. But maybe he was mistaken. Then again, maybe he wasn’t.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsRupert Murdoch Launches Ticketing Site
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch furthered his quest to take over world recently with the launch of a new ticketing company in Australia.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsTicketmaster Starts Blog to Explain Changes
Apparently, everyone’s getting a blog this week. The folks at Ticketmaster just unveiled one called Ticketology, which aims to explain changes to their business.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsLive Nation May Raise Price of Concert Tickets
Nobody likes paying $7, $8, sometimes $12, in concert ticket service charges, so the possibility that Live Nation will decrease those fees sounds like a good thing. But, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, as service fees go down, the base price of concert tickets is likely to go up.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsNew Jersey Officials Acquired Exclusive Seats During Ticketmaster Lawsuit
On May 5, 2009, the New Jersey state government filed a class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster and TicketsNow.com for marking up the price of tickets through a secondary-market model (AKA: hired scalpers). Now, records have leaked showing that, under former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, the state office routinely reserved exclusive tickets the public couldn’t purchase. As though that weren’t humiliating enough, records show that a block of the tickets were for a Jonas Brothers concert.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsBruce Springsteen Fans Best Ticketmaster
While the corporate Hydra that is Ticketmaster may have just added another head in the form of a merger with Live Nation, the result of the monstrosity’s tug of war with Bruce Springsteen fans over refunds for scalped tickets shows the vendor isn’t completely invincible.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsU.S. Dept. of Justice Okays Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger
Mega companies Ticketmaster and Live Nation are all set for their impending merger— at least, as far as the U.S. Dept. of Justice is concerned. Business Insider reports (via The Daily Swarm) that the department gave the merger the long-awaited go-ahead earlier today.... read more
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