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Live Music 3.0: Interview with Nate Parienti of iClips.net

June 27, 2009
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iClips.net has been webcasting and streaming live events for several years now, but it seems like the site has begun to really pick up steam in the last few years, particularly with its heavy focus on the music festival scene in the U.S. As the live music streaming space continues to grow and evolve, we thought it [...]

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Update on the Ticketmaster / Live Nation Merger

May 12, 2009
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Jim DeRogatis has a fantastic summary posted of the recent news surrounding both Ticketmaster and Live Nation and their supposed merger that has yet to be approved by the Department of Justice.
5. The American Antitrust Institute last month issued a paper “urging the Department of Justice to ‘just say no’ to the proposed [Ticketmaster/Live Nation] [...]

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Canada Pulls a Fast One | Public Funds Cut for Artists

August 16, 2008

There’s been an interesting story coming out of Canada over the last few days and it is unfortunately negative news for a lot of touring bands that come from the great white north. PromArt is a funding program for artists who seek to share their form in the international community with the purpose of spreading [...]

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Going Down the Road Feeling Bad: Touring in the Current Economy

August 10, 2008

With the the stock indexes in the first bear market in almost six years and gas prices that have hit lifetime highs, we are all feeling the proverbial tightening of the belt. Obviously I am not a columnist for the Wall Street Journal but I try and keep close tabs on the live music industry [...]

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Heady Links | Digital Music/Concert Industry Edition

May 10, 2007

I’ve been trying to catch up on some digital music and concert industry news this week. There’s a lot going on, so you know what that means? Yep, a ‘Digital Music and Concert Industry’ version of Heady Links. Grab your afternoon coffee and check it out…

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Concert.TV Adds News Division for Live Music Scene

May 7, 2007

The TV channel and website for “Live Music Television” seems like it has slowly been bubbling out of the underground since its initial launch back in 2003. I don’t have Comcast Cable so I haven’t seen enough from Concert.TV to give a solid assessment. But I did find it interesting that they’ve now launched a news division.

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eMusic Reaches 300,000 Subscribers | Great, Now How About Improving eMusic Live?

April 20, 2007
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Ticketmaster Sues StubHub | Ticket Industry In-fighting Continues

April 19, 2007

Billboard is reporting that Ticketmaster has filed suit against secondary ticket market site, StubHub, over its supposed sale of primary-market tickets.

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The DIY Indie Band Biz Model…

January 19, 2007

….seems to be all the rage these days. But is it only news when it’s the latest Indie “buzz” band who’s side-stepping the major labels?
This whole “digital music era” thing is bringing out a lot of great discussion about changes to the status quo of music industry business models, and “indie” bands utilizing new “Do-it-Yourself” [...]

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