8 posts and columns on concerts

Groupon Brings Group-Buying Concept to Concert-Goers With Ticketmaster Partnership

in Commerce on May 9, 2011 at 10:10 am PT

Groupon users will soon have access to limited-time deals on a variety of concerts, sports, theater productions and other live events across North America through a joint venture with Live Nation Entertainment–in other words, with the top dog of them all: Ticketmaster.com.

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Microsoft, T-Mobile Look to Make Music Together With Streaming Concerts

in Mobile on March 30, 2011 at 3:20 pm PT

Only a lucky few get to go to T-Mobile’s concert series, but thanks to Microsoft, anyone can listen in to the three shows via the Web. The series, which kicks off with an Ellie Goulding show from Chicago at 5:30 p.m. PT tonight, aims to show how tech can be used to enjoy music socially. The concerts can be seen by checking out the “Live Rising” tab on T-Mobile’s Facebook fan page or via mobile phone. Cold War Kids will play April 1 and Rye Rye on April 9.

Will iPhone App Makers Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Piracy?

in Media on January 25, 2010 at 5:36 am PT

Don’t know if this qualifies as a parable. But at the very least, it’s interesting: An iPhone app developer has figured out how to combat the burgeoning problem of iPhone app piracy–by embracing the pirates.

Only One Beyoncé: Services Pick Up After Your Music

in Personal Technology on July 1, 2009 at 6:08 pm PT

by Geoffrey Fowler

TuneUp Media and MusicBrainz Picard aim to clean up and properly label personal digital-music collections.

Will eBay Dump StubHub, Too?

in Media on April 15, 2009 at 4:33 am PT

The online ticket resale business–what most people would call legalized scalping–seems like a pretty decent market. But Ticketmaster may be getting out of it in order to mollify regulators, and an analyst predicts Ebay may do the same to please Wall Street.
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