Ticketmaster

FORBES: Then what are the challenges for the next five to 10 years? AEG’s Randy Phillips: In 2009 and 2010, our biggest challenge is the economy…

The world’s largest concert promoter Live Nation Inc plans to buy Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc for about $400 million in stock in a bid to create a company with dominant holdings in concert promotion and ticket sales…

Smashing Pumpkins @ United Palace (more by Chris La Putt)Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc was hit with a C$500 million ($410 million) lawsuit in Canada on Monday, alleging the company broke the law by reselling tickets at inflated prices…

If the prospect of a single company mounting a Guns n’ Madonna tour worries you, it also concerns some in the business. Via e-mail, Tom Morello, the guitarist in Rage Against the Machine, told me that a Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger could have huge consequences…

alternate headline: Bruce Springsteen fans more mad at Ticketmaster than Phish fans were at Live Nation… You may have noticed that sometimes when you try to buy a ticket at Ticketmaster, you are instead redirected to TicketsNow which is a scalper site owned by Ticketmaster…

“Ticketmaster Entertainment, the ticket-selling giant, is in talks with Live Nation and the Anschutz Entertainment Group over a potential merger with either music promoter, people briefed on the talks said Tuesday night…

Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Live Nation Inc. are close to a merger, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that would consolidate two of the most powerful forces in the music industry under one roof…

“Former Live Nation executive Michael Cohl made news last week when according to Pollstar, he reportedly sold about forty percent of his shares in the company worth an estimated $1…

“Live Nation Ticketing is live. The bulk of the world’s largest promoter’s 10-year contract with Ticketmaster has expired and the company has now launched its in-house ticketing company…