Ticketmaster: No Longer Just About Tickets

Ticketmaster buys stake in music management companyWest Hollywood based Ticketmaster has gone off and become a management company in addition to its ticket selling marketing duties. Soon to be Ticketmaster Entertainment, the company has "acquired a controlling equity interest in Irving Azoff’s music management company Front Line and install Azoff as CEO of Ticketmaster," reports Variety. The $125 million acquisition will be bought from the Warner Music Group. Some of Front Line's artists include the Eagles, Jimmy Buffett, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Christina Aguilera, Stevie Nicks, Aerosmith, Steely Dan, Chicago, Journey and Guns N' Roses.

Email This Entry


Comments (7) [rss]

Wow, Hell really has frozen over.

^Eagles humor.

I Hate ticketmaster....nothing but legalized scalping!!!!!

I give Ticketmaster two middle fingers up

I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick...twice...than buy tickets from ScalpMaster.

Ticketmaster pretty much controls the ticketing market and now they are branching out and controlling the artists as well? This SUCKS big time.

Each one of the comment made above were done by people that have no idea what are they talking about.

I would try to explain by why bother. If not for Ticketmaster you would not be able to buy tickets to your show period, and convenience fee issue is a cost of running business. Everything else goes back to Artist, Promoter, Venue, Facility etc.

Just because Ticketmaster decides to list it all together why do you hate.

by all means, please tell us more kudlacz.


If not for Ticketmaster, i wouldnt be paying a $12 fee for a $15 ticket..

Post a comment (Comment Policy)

Tips

About LAist

LAist is a website about Los Angeles. More

Editor: Zach Behrens Co-Editor: Lindsay William-Ross Publisher: Gothamist

Contribute

Latest Tip:

Any ideas why the 110 off/on ramps will be shut down for 1 year starting tomorrow from the hours of
[more]

Latest Photo:

Subscribe

Use an RSS reader to stay up to date with the latest news and posts from LAist.

All Our RSS

Links