StubHub Inks Its 15th Collegiate Deal
By Alfred Branch, Jr. Looking to keep pace with rival Ticketmaster, StubHub today announced it signed a multi-year contract to be the exclusive secondary ticket agent for the St. John’s…
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Ticket Sellers Rankings Roundup 5/31/07
By Stacey Willets TicketNews.com releases its exclusive weekly Top Ten Primary and Secondary Live Event Ticket Sellers Rankings for the week ending 5/29/07 this morning. Here is a quick taste…
New York Ticket Resale Bill Expected to Pass Senate
The New York State Assembly passed a bill yesterday that would remove regulatory controls on how sports, concerts and other event tickets may be marked up if being resold in…
Barry Bonds Record Breaking Projection Updated To July 17th
By Carol-Ann Rudy TicketNews.com Bonds Breaks Out of His Slump! To the fans’ cheers of “Barry! Barry!” and the flashing of “746” on the scoreboard, Bonds rounded the bases and…
The Police Announce Additional New York and Boston Shows
On the heels of their first official concert in over twenty years, The Police have announced two additional fall concert stops. . . yeahTickets for a planned Halloween show at…
Prince to Play Target Center
Buzz around the Target Center in Minnesota is that Prince will play the arena to celebrate his upcoming album’s release on July 7th. . . TicketNews is also hearing of…
Barbra Streisand Cancels Rome Show
Just days after Italian consumer groups protested the high cost of tickets to Barbra Streisand‘s upcoming Rome concert, . . . the organizers of the concert have cancelled the show…
Ticketmaster Buys Stake in Chinese Ticket Seller
In a bid to further increase its global reach, Ticketmaster today announced it bought a majority stake in Emma Entertainment Ltd., a Beijing, China-based event ticketing and promotions company. Specific…
StubHub! Website “Painful to Navigate” on Mobile Phone Screens
Even though the search engines are optimized for handheld browsers, most of the sites they’ll point you to aren’t. StubHub!, for instance, is built for conventional browsing only, which makes…
Ticket Exchange Appoints Head of Online Marketing
Viagogo, the online ticket exchange, has appointed Martin McNulty to the new role of head of online marketing. He joins from internet telephony service Skype, where he held the same…