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
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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.
Ticketing & Touts: Lyte Turns A Corner In 2019, Seeing Huge Growth by Francisco Rendon on Pollstar.com, June 13, 2019 With the Federal Trade Commission having just held its workshop on online ticketing June 11, all the talk of bots, scalpers and scams has no doubt left some fans wondering why they can’t simply return…
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…
Event Reservation Platform Lyte Strikes A Deal With Mint Talent Group By Ian Courtney in CelebrityAccess, February 26, 2021 (CelebrityAccess) — Event reservation platform Lyte announced it has secured partnership with the recently launched booking agency Mint Talent Group. Under the terms of the deal, an initial group of 30 artists represented by Mint Talent…
David Bowie ‘75’ Pop-Up Stores Open in New York and London By Jem Aswad, Variety, October 25, 2021 In the five years since his death from cancer in January 2016, David Bowie’s estate has kept fans captivated with an extensive, tastefully curated series of reissues that have presented a vast amount of material in a…
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