Massachusetts advocate talks tickets
When it comes to ticket resale and the law, most consumer advocates agree that it is the customer that loses. Colman Herman, a consumer advocate in Massachusetts, agrees with that…
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TicketNetwork installs solar panels and goes “green”
In an age with high gas prices and energy costs, everyone has to try and make a difference, and TicketNetwork, parent company of TicketNews, is no different, unveiling a new…
Stanley Cup ticket scalpers busted
Several Pittsburgh Penguin hockey fans eager to watch Game Four of the Stanley Cup finals on May 31 were disappointed after the tickets they bought from scalpers turned out to…
Beijing Olympics could sell out
By Petrina Crockford The president of Ticketmaster China last week predicted that this summer’s Beijing Olympics will sell out, a historic first for the world games. “We predict that this…
Madonna tickets and the secondary market
By Petrina Crockford In an industry first for a major artist, Madonna has publicly embraced a secondary ticket broker, UK-based viagogo, as one of the channels for fans to obtain…
Ticketmaster goes “paperless”
By Petrina Crockford Beginning with Tom Waits’s Glitter and Doom Tour, Ticketmaster will start implementing a new Paperless Ticket™ technology, giving fans a more convenient event experience. According to David…
Preparations continue on Beijing Olympics
With just a few months left before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, work on the venues continues at a furious pace, and citizens of other countries besides the U.S….
Mid-air with Iron Maiden’s Dickinson
Not many bands can lay claim to having their own plane, and even fewer of them can say that the lead singer is the pilot. Such is the case with…
Obama and Clinton court young voters
As Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue their quest for their party’s nomination, both aspirants are eagerly courting young voters with rallies at colleges and universities, through…
Pope Benedict XVI delivers mass
During his recent historic papal visit to the U.S., Pope Benedict XVI held a mass before 40,000 people in Nationals Ballpark in Washington DC, his first papal mass in the…