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Ticketmaster Names Kathryn Frederick Chief Marketing Officer, Adds VPs Partnership, Brand Marketing

Ticketmaster has named Kathryn Frederick as Chief Marketing Officer to lead the ticketer’s marketing, brand, partnership, insights, growth and digital teams. photo: David Eisenberg, Kathryn Frederick, Andrew Samson As CMO, Frederick will report to Amy Howe, President and Chief Operating Officer of Ticketmaster North America, to lead a centralized marketing…

Live Nation hires Sally Williams as President of Nashville Music and Business Strategy

Williams joins Live Nation following nearly 20 years at Ryman Hospitality Properties and Opry Entertainment Group
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Live Nation Helped Sell 88,000 Metallica Tickets On The Secondary Market

Live Nation directly facilitated the sale of 88,000 Metallica tickets at inflated prices on the secondary ticketing market. This strong piece of investigative journalism by Billboard’s Dave Brooks has finally brought the long-standing practice out into the open. Tickets for Metallica and several other artists were sold directly via the…

Concert Ticket Sales Are Down Significantly This Year

Despite the tumult of the recorded music business, live music was thought to be a bit more of a blue chip when it came to an otherwise unstable industry, but new data from Pollstar shows that sales of concert tickets have taken a significant dip in comparison to previous years….

Live Nation Sweden’s Marketing Director exits to join tech startup Society icon

He leaves the concert and festival promoter after nine years
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Irish Competition Regulators Clear Live Nation’s MCD Production Acquisition

Last summer, as part of the global promoter’s acquisition spree, Live Nation confirmed a purchase in Ireland. As part of LN-Gaiety Holdings (LNG), a UK joint venture by the mega-promoter and Denis Desmond’s Gaiety Investment, Live Nation acquired MCD P…

Drake, Live Nation Invests In Ntwrk ‘The QVC For Gen Z’

E-commerce platform Ntwrk has received an injection of funding from Live Nation and Drake in a second round of funding that gives the company some added credibility. Ntwrk says it is “shopping at the speed of culture” and uses celebrities and their brands to provide Gen Z and young millennials…

Live Nation Partners With Adobe For The ‘Creative Tour’

Adobe, the software company behind apps like Photoshop, and Spark, has announced the Adobe Creative Tour, a partnership with Live Nation aimed at music fans and creators. The Creative Tour is designed to inspire creators and music fans to participate in digital creative challenges using Adobe Products such as Lightroom,…

Live Nation Adds Augmented Reality To Concert Experience

Live Nation has unveiled a suite of customizable augmented reality products aimed at creating more immersive ways for fans to connect with artists and brands at live music events. Live Nation roles out new suite of customizable AI products for fans at festivals. Courtesy of Live Nation "More than 90%…