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Peter Kafka in Media on March 8 at 10:59 am PT
Songkick, the four-year-old concert notification start-up, has raised a $10 million round led by Sequoia Capital. Earlier investors such as Index Ventures also re-upped. Songkick makes money via lead generation, taking fees of up to 10 percent from concert promoters like Ticketmaster. The New York Times has a nice interview with CEO Ian Hogarth.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 14, 2011 at 11:14 am PT
The world’s biggest music label signs one of the biggest stars in the world, for a song. But the Madonna/Univeral deal still makes sense for both sides.
Peter Kafka in Media on June 22, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
There are more than 425,000 apps in Apple’s iTunes store, but it’s always worth paying attention to the ones that Apple produces itself. This one will offer free live music for a month.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 1, 2011 at 11:13 am PT
Groupon is announcing a partnership with Expedia at the D Conference today that will create a new discount travel service that will offer people trips at half the cost.
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Peter Kafka in Media on April 19, 2011 at 8:09 am PT
TicketFly, the live event start-up that wants to take a piece of the market dominated by LiveNation’s Ticketmaster, has raised $12 million in a round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures. The company,
which had previously raised $3 million, helps small venues run their own ticketing operations on the Web, and plays up its Facebook and Twitter hooks.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 3, 2011 at 2:28 pm PT
One of the nation’s biggest concert and sports promoters said it is joining forces with a start-up technology company to sell tickets to events at 105 arenas and theaters, in what could become a broader battle with Live Nation Entertainment Inc.’s Ticketmaster.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 5, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
Now we know why executives have handlers.
Irving Azoff, Live Nation Entertainment’s colorful executive chairman, has long been known in the music industry for his short fuse. Now thanks to Twitter, anyone who feels like it can get a taste of Azoff’s legendary temper.
Peter Kafka in Media on July 19, 2010 at 8:35 am PT
Sure, it’s easy to become Internet-famous these days. But how about real fame–the kind that lets you fill an arena with ticket-buying fans?
Also easy, it turns out!
Peter Kafka in Media on May 12, 2010 at 8:30 am PT
Average concertgoers go to two shows a year, and there’s a very good chance some of the money they spend on those shows goes to Ticketmaster, which dominates the ticketing business. So here’s a company that wants a piece of that: TicketFly, a New York-based start-up that wants to–gasp!–use the Web to update the archaic business.
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Drake Martinet, Intern, All Things Digital in News on February 16, 2010 at 1:50 am PT
This week, we got an all-access pass for an interview with Julia Hartz, president and co-founder of Eventbrite, the Web-based ticketing company. We talked about life with a husband for a co-founder, the Silicon Valley state of mind and how she gives Ticketmaster five years to live.
