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Springsteen Fans Raged Over Ticket Prices. Experts Say There’s No Easy Fix by Andy Greene & Ethan Millman in Rolling Stone, August 2, 2022 Eye-popping ticket prices have generated furious op-eds and social media posts in recent weeks. A group of experts weigh in on what’s wrong with the system alongside various solutions Click here…

Nashville Boots Up Ken Tucker with additional reporting by Antony Bruno, Billboard Magazine, March 22, 2008 Music Row Faced Tough Demographics As The Digital Revolution Began, But New Faces—And More Web-Savvy Fans—Have This Sad Song Set For A Happy Ending “This is for my MySpace people and everybody who voted.” With those words at last…

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…

Inside David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ Instagram Series ‘Unbound’ by Mike Ayers in the Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2016 …“Unbound” debuts on InstaMiniSeries, an account created in 2014 by New York City-based actress and producer Nikki Borges and Amanda De La Nuez. The goal of the series is to tell short stories utilizing Instagram’s video abilities…

Emerging Secondary Market In ‘Presale’ Passwords Irks Dues-Supported Fan Clubs By Joseph De Avila, September 20, 2007; Page D1 Stephanie Kendrid, a 31-year-old accountant in Los Angeles, could have paid $29.99 to join Kelly Clarkson’s fan club and gain special access to concert tickets. Instead, she placed an ad on Craigslist and paid $4 for…

Lyte Executives Talk Coachella Partnership, Why Primary Ticketers Don’t Give Refunds by Taylor Mims in Billboard Magazine, February 11, 2019. In just over a year, ticketing exchange platform Lyte has gone from six festival partners to 30. Lyte has made a name for itself allowing fans to safely buy, sell and exchange event tickets after…