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Normal Fans vs. Extreme Fans
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Is Music Paying Too Much Attention To Uber-Fans?
A new Kelly Research survey that takes a look at nermal fans vs. extreme fans of radio may also provide a glimpse at all branches of fandom including music. Based on a 300 person nationwide survey of music radio listeners, 96% are “Normal" and just 4% are “Extreme" fans.
Normal fans can be very heavy radio users, but rarely visit the station's websites. Extreme fans are more likely website visitors, contest players, ...
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U.S. Justice Dept. Reported Close to Approving Ticketmaster and Live Nation Merger
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(UPDATED) The Justice Department is poised to approve Ticketmaster's proposed $720 million purchase of Live Nation with some conditions, as early as the end of this month, sources close to the investigation told merger and acquisitions service The Deal Pipeline on Tuesday.
Staff lawyers in the Department Of Justice's antitrust division were reported to be “unenthused" about pursuing the potential vertical competition threats that critics argued would stem from combining the nation's largest ticket seller with its biggest concert promoters. ...
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ticketdisaster.org Says "Not so Fast" to Merger
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In response to reports of imminent approval of the Ticketmaster Live Nation merger, the public interest and live event industry members of the TicketDisaster.org coalition released the following statement:
“This is just the latest attempt by Ticketmaster and Live Nation to convince the public and the Department of Justice to 'just trust us.' Anyone who has been ripped off by their outrageous fees and inferior service knows that Ticketmaster does not have consumers' best interests in mind," said Sally ...
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Longtime Napster CEO Chris Gorog Steps Down
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In a post on Napster's blog, longtime CEO Chris Gorog announced that he would be leaving the company. The move comes almost 18 months after he oversaw the sales of Napster to Best Buy.
Today is my last day as CEO of Napster after having helped build the service over the last eight years. I am leaving the leadership of Napster to my close colleague (COO) Christopher Allen, who is a talented and deeply experienced digital media executive and ...
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Live Jazz Music Venues - Los Angeles - 2010
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JAZZzology by Richard Watters
Here is a list of the venues in Los Angeles, CA that offer live jazz music, call or contact for details... (photo: John Pisano “LA Jazz Institution")2nd Street Jazz366 E. 2nd St.Los Angeles, CA 90012(213) 680-004755 Degree Wine3111 Glendale BoulevardAtwater Village, CA 90039626 Reserve Wine Bar626 S. Spring StreetLos Angeles, CA(213) 627-9800African American Firefighter Museum1401 South Central AvenueLos Angeles, CAAirliner
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Music Tech Investments up in '09 Despite Economy
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Band Metrics founder and CEO Duncan Freeman has completed his annual review of investments in music technology companies for his Indie Music Tech blog. Despite the down economy and what many believed to be a retrenchment from music tech investments, Duncan found some very hopeful trends:
There were almost $4 billion in transactions, up from last year
Even if you remove the EMI, Bertelsmann and Live Nation / Ticktemaster
deals, it's still over $329,275,000 in transactions, which is also ...
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eMusic Payments Don't Rise Despite Price Increase
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This guest post on third quarter artist and label payouts from eMusic in the post-Sony era comes from David Harrell who blogs at Digital Audio Insider and plays with indie rockers The Layaways.
The first full-quarter label/artist payout from eMusic after the introduction of the Sony catalog (and the restructuring of its subscription plans) was just about the same as the one for the previous quarter: for the third quarter of 2009, we received 34.2 cents for individual song downloads, ...
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