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Pearl Jam Is No. 1

Tamara Conniff | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Verizon, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Verizon Wireless, Los Angeles, Target Stores, Sony Music, Concert, Ticketmaster, Radiohead, Entertainment News
Tamara Conniff

Pearl Jam is probably one of the few bands of this generation who didn't sell out, who didn't say "how high," when the label said "jump."

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Music Video On A Shoestring: Heat Stroke, Heart and Social Media to the Rescue

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Atlanta, Ticketmaster, Linda Bolley, Herman Put Down the Gun, Youtube, Indie Music, Musicians, Georgianne Nienaber, Music, Sonia Tetlow, Facebook, Paul Sanchez, MySpace Music, Lee Kennedy, Echomusic, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

In today's atmosphere of music industry giants swallowing the little Indie guys, a little band from Atlanta proves that all it takes is heart to produce art and great PR.

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Ticketmaster Takes Artists' Web Content and Runs

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fraud, Facebook, Nashville, Webdesign, Music Industry, Ticketmaster, Myspace, Entertainment Industry Echo Music, Entertainment News
Georgianne Nienaber

In an under-reported move, Ticketmaster-owned Echomusic dumped a whole bunch of artists with 30 days notice, took their content, and in effect cast them into the netherworld of cached pages and lost content.

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Thank God It's Thursday: The High Strung Plays Guantanamo Bay, Beyoncé Discounts What You Pay, and Woody Allen's So Far Away

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Alessandra Ferri, Broken Social Scene, Charity, Spoletto 52, Woody Allen, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Jacksonville, Derek Berk, Los Campesinons, Pina Bausch, Alexei Ratmansky, Tanztheater Wuppertal, London, England, The High Strung, Guantanamo Bay, Ticketmaster, Feeding America, Wayne McGregor, Robert Wilson, Super Furry Animals, Park the Van Records, Detroit, Florida, Memorial Day, Krapp's Last Tape, Library, Beyoncé, General Mills, Madison Sqare Garden, American Ballet Theatre, Christopher Wheeldon, Las Vegas, Thierry Mugler, New York, Giorgio Ferrara, Festival Dei 2 Mondi, David Newfield, telegraph.co.uk, Hamburger Helper, O2, Gianni Schicchi, Entertainment News, Samuel Beckett, O2 Arena, Spoletto, Zagreb, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This installment of Thank God It's Thursday plucks some recent press releases (left mostly intact) that might make you say "OMG" or "WTF", or possibly, "Swear you'll never, ever do this again."

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Schumer Plans Bill On Resale Of Concert, Sports Tickets

Wall Street Journal | Ethan Smith | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Concert Tickets, Chuck Schumer, Charles Schumer, Tickets, Ticketmaster, Business News

New York Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday unveiled a plan to introduce legislation banning the resale of concert and sports tickets until two days after...

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Ticketmaster: $1B Lost In 4Q

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Live Nation Ticketmaster, Live Nation, Ticketmaster Live Nation, Live Nation Merger, Ticketmaster Merger, Ticketmaster, Business News

LOS ANGELES — Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. lost $1.07 billion in the fourth quarter, as the ticket-selling company that hopes to merge with c...

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Live Nation And Ticketmaster In Merger Deal

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Ticketmaster, Live Nation, Ticketmaster Deal, Live Nation Deal, Ticketmaster Merger, Business News

LOS ANGELES — Concert promoter Live Nation Inc. and ticketing giant Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. confirmed their merger plans Tuesday and got...

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Ticketmaster, Live Nation In Merger Talks

Reuters | Jui Chakravorty Das and Joe Giannone | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Live Nation, Ticketmaster Merger, Ticketmaster Live Nation Merger, Ticketmaster, Business News

Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc and Live Nation Inc may unveil a merger as soon as this week, creating a music industry powerhouse with a combined mark...

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Diller And IAC Board Set To Meet Over Breakup

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 05.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Barry Diller IAC, Hsn, Diller Malone IAC Liberty, Ticketmaster, Barry Diller John Malone, Lendingtree, Barry Diller Liberty, Barry Diller IAC Breakup, Inerval, Business News

Fresh off his legal victory over Liberty Media, IAC/InterActiveCorp boss Barry Diller is expected to meet with his board this week to restart the proc...

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Barry Diller Snubbed By Bono

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Bono, John Malone, Elevation Partners, Barry Diller, Private Equity, Iac, Ticketmaster, Business News

Now that Barry Diller has won his court case against John Malone, he's free to break up IAC (IACI) into 5 pieces. The problem: Convincing investors th...

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Mogul War

New York Post | PETER LAURIA and PAUL THARP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: John Malone, HSN, Edgar Bronfman, Interactivecorp, Ticketmaster, LIBERTY MEDIA, Iac, Dianne Von Furstenberg, LendingTree, Steven Rattner, Business News

After weeks of trading jabs in the press and in legal filings, Liberty Media Corp. Chairman John Malone delivered a potential knockout punch late last...

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Ticketmaster Inks Deal For NFL Ticket Resale Website

AP | Alex Veiga | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: National Football League, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Ticketmaster, NFL Ticketmaster, Nfl, Ebay, Iac, Stubhub, Business News

Ticketmaster plans to launch a Web site next year where people can resell tickets to pro football games, the latest push by the event ticketing compan...

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How High Tech Scalpers Hoard Hannah Montana Tix

The Wall Street Journal | Ethan Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Internet Scams, Internet, Concert Tickets, Concerts, Ticket Prices, Scalpers, Ticketmaster, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Bots, Hannah Montana, Business News

Ticketing giant Ticketmaster is taking aim at what it says is a new obstacle for fans hoping to attend concerts by hot acts like Bruce Springsteen, Va...

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