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Istanbul’s İKSV: An Intensity Beyond Cool
by Arthur R George
It would be easy to get breathless, even giddy, about the range and schedule of cultural events organized by İKSV, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (in Turkish: İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı). One individual could not possibly keep up with its jazz and classical music festivals and everything else that's offered by İKSV. It brings ...
Live Nation Reports Record Results For Q3, Revenue Up 12%
Promoter Live Nation reported their best quarter for Q3 2017, with record results across revenue, operating income and adjusted operating income. The company reported that revenue was up 12%, operating income was up 5% and AOI was up 10% vs. the same period in 2016, with their concerts, advertising, and ticketing operations all reporting record AOI. Live ...
Songkick To Shutter In November
Ticketing company Songkick revealed that they plan to cease operations at the end of the month, according to a client letter from the company. Songkick, which allowed artists to sell tickets directly to fans, said in the letter that they plan to continue their lawsuit against Live Nation and their ticketing subsidiary Ticketmaster, but would effectively ...
Songkick Fights Costly Delays In Live Nation Trial
As Live Nation's lawyers work to push back a trial with Songkick back two months, the latter company is doing its best to oppose the effort, claiming that it would be financially detrimental to Songkick's financial well-being. Guest post by Dave Brooks of Amplify Attorneys for Songkick are opposing an effort by Live Nation’s lawyers to ...
Amazon Is Eyeing U.S. Ticketing Business
Amazon is reportedly seeking to become a source for event tickets in a move that may challenge Ticketmaster's dominance of the ticketing business. According to Reuters, Amazon sees the U.S. ticketing market as a ripe" field for business development by the e-commerce giant, driven by consumer dislike of ticket fees and venue owners and sports leagues ...
Live Nation Dishes Ticketmaster
Live Nation moved a step closer to becoming its own ticketing entity when their contract ends with Ticketmaster Live Nation at year's end by hiring a chief executive to oversee the ticketing unit. Nathan Hubbard was hired as CEO of the new division after serving in the same position at Musictoday, another ticketing company Live Nation ...
Live Nation Rocks the Music Industry
Michael Rapino, CEO of the Clear Channel spinoff, may just have this whole file-sharing, iTunes-listening, MySpace-Internet-era music thing all figured out. The music business may be in turmoil, but Rapino couldn't be happier. He is the CEO of Live Nation, a two-year-old spinoff of Clear Channel that generated $4.4 billion in revenue in the past 12 ...
Clear Channel Spins off into Live Nation
Live Nation Takes Over Clear Channel's Concerts Lawrence Lepore, executive director of the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, first heard that the sale of Clear Channel's concert division had gone through when he called the company's New England headquarters. The receptionist told him he had reached a company called Live Nation. Lepore, whose venue booked 15 ...
Live Nation Plans to Eliminate Jazz from American Culture
Fort Lauderdale tells music fest promoter: Streisand, not Metallica NO JAZZ! Don't count on watching Ozzy Osbourne bite the head off a bat at the proposed Live Nation music festival on Fort Lauderdale beach next year. City commissioners made clear Tuesday that they would only agree to allow the massive event next spring if ...