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UltraStar Offering Unique Access to Musician’s Lives  Chris Marlowe, Hollywood Reporter, March 27, 2004 Camera phones are being banned from many locker rooms, but one company is using them to expose the innermost sanctum of the biggest rock stars. Online marketing company UltraStar Entertainment has signed a deal with wireless platform specialists Versaly Entertainment that…

A Reuters-produced segment which aired in several countries worldwide, featuring interviews with the creators of, and behind-the-scenes footage from, UNBOUND: A ★Instaminiseries (2016), an Instagram project based on David Bowie’s final studio album.

Buying show tickets is still an imperfect and sometimes frustrating – not to mention expensive – experience. You’ll have certainly felt the pang of annoyance as tickets you want are snapped up by bots, and then sold on the secondary market for inflated prices. So what does a better ticketing system look like? We welcome…

EP/49: REVAMPING TICKETING Ticketing is Broken. Can it be Fixed? It’s no secret that concert ticketing is a mess. Service fees are sky high, sophisticated bots scoop the best seats and resale prices on secondary markets are too high for many fans. While the problem is widespread – help may be on the way. A…

Music Festivals Hit Harder Times in Crowded Concert Market Anne Steele, Wall Street Journal, September 4, 2022.  Fans become choosier and costs rise for promoters due to Covid-19, inflation, labor shortages and supply issues Full piece here

Record Labels Still Have the Upper Hand in Talks with Spotify Served as Source in this Report by Blueshift Research, March 20, 2019 Does Spotify have the leverage to get lower royalty rates or a bigger share of music label ad budgets? Order the report here.