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COVID-19 Impact & Recovery Analysis- Live Music Market 2020-2024 | The Increased Popularity Of Live Events to Boost Growth | Technavio

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Friday, July 10, 2020
Entertainment, Music, Events, Concerts, Companies, Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, Steinway & Sons, Economy, Benchmarking, Cvent, Marketplace, Supply chain management, Market research

Our live music market report covers the following areas:

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  • Our live music market report covers the following areas:
    This study identifies the rising popularity of mobile apps as one of the prime reasons driving the live music market growth during the next few years.
  • We provide a detailed analysis of around 25 vendors operating in the live music market, including some of the vendors such as Ace Ticket Worldwide Inc., alliancetickets.com, Bassett Events Inc., Berkeley City Club, Brown Paper Tickets LLC, Cvent Inc., Eventbrite Inc., RazorGator LLC, Steinway Inc., and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc.
  • Backed with competitive intelligence and benchmarking, our research reports on the Live Music Market are designed to provide entry support, customer profile and M&As as well as go-to-market strategy support.
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Koskie Minsky Commences Class Action Against Ticketmaster For Failure to Refund

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, Rainout, Companies

TORONTO, May 5, 2020 /CNW/ - Koskie Minsky has commenced a class proceeding against Ticketmaster for refusing and delaying refunds to people who bought tickets for events that have been, or will be, postponed, rescheduled or canceled as a result of COVID-19.

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  • TORONTO, May 5, 2020 /CNW/ - Koskie Minsky has commenced a class proceeding against Ticketmaster for refusing and delaying refunds to people who bought tickets for events that have been, or will be, postponed, rescheduled or canceled as a result of COVID-19.
  • The class action is brought on behalf of all Canadian residents who purchased one or more tickets from Ticketmaster for an event taking place after March 13, 2020 that has been postponed, rescheduled or canceled, or is postponed, rescheduled or canceled prior to certification of the class action.
  • It is alleged that customers are entitled to prompt refunds, in the original form of payment, under the terms of their contracts with the defendants or under consumer protection laws.
  • Kirk Baert, a partner at Koskie Minsky, stated "The defendants are refusing to refund Class Members' money on any reasonable timescale or at all protecting their corporate bottom line at the expense of their customers.

Phunware Announces New Customer Wins for Application Transactions

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Thursday, March 5, 2020
Software, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Data management, Companies, Home appliances, Videotelephony, Marketing, Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, Samsung Electronics, Mobile advertising

Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) (the Company), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced new customer wins for application transactions using Phunwares proprietary Audience Engagement solution.

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  • Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) (the Company), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced new customer wins for application transactions using Phunwares proprietary Audience Engagement solution.
  • Combining mobile advertising with Knowledge Graph data from over a billion devices, Phunware makes it easy to deliver customized messaging at scale by providing exclusive customer insights into user interests, behaviors and locations tied to unique Phunware IDs .
  • New customer wins included Samsung , Live Nation , Ticketmaster , House of Blues , AEG , Madison Square Garden , Metrolink , Coast Electric , Census 2020 , the University of Pennsylvania and Truthfinder amongst others.
  • Phunware helps the worlds most respected brands create category-defining mobile experiences, with more than one billion active devices touching its platform each month .

Live Nation Entertainment To Participate In Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2020

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Companies, Entertainment industry, Entertainment, Live Nation Entertainment, Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, Live Nation

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV), the world's leading live entertainment company, today announced that Joe Berchtold, Live Nation Entertainment's President, will participate in a question and answer session at Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 3:45 p.m. PT.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV), the world's leading live entertainment company, today announced that Joe Berchtold, Live Nation Entertainment's President, will participate in a question and answer session at Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 3:45 p.m. PT.
  • Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts and Live Nation Advertising & Sponsorship.
  • For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com .
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PG&E Appoints Industrial Safety Expert Francisco Benavides as Chief Safety Officer

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Friday, February 7, 2020
Energy, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Companies, Energy in California, Financial District, San Francisco, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Benavides, Monopolies, Alcoa, Environment, health and safety, Economy of the United States

As part of their commitment to strengthening public and workforce safety, PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (together, PG&E or the company) today announced the appointment of Francisco Benavides to the position of Vice President and Chief Safety Officer.

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  • As part of their commitment to strengthening public and workforce safety, PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (together, PG&E or the company) today announced the appointment of Francisco Benavides to the position of Vice President and Chief Safety Officer.
  • With his election by the Boards of Directors, Benavides joins PG&E from Alcoa Corporation, where he most recently served as Vice President of Environmental, Health and Safety.
  • He brings 30 years of industrial safety, health and environmental experience to his new role.
  • Consistent with PG&Es amended Plan of Reorganization, Benavides will report directly to Bill Johnson, Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E Corporation.

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Is Investigating Live Nation, Opera Limited, Landec Corporation, and Blucora and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

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Thursday, January 23, 2020
Companies, Entertainment industry, Entertainment, Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, Blucora, Live Nation Entertainment, BCOR, Live Nation

Our investigation concerns whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.

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  • Our investigation concerns whether these companies have violated the federal securities laws and/or engaged in other unlawful business practices.
  • Such efforts would violate the terms of a settlement agreement that Live Nation and Ticketmaster reached with the government in 2010 as a condition of their merger.
  • On this news, Live Nations share price fell $5.09, or 7.3%, to close at $64.34 on December 13, 2019.
  • To learn more about our investigation into Blucora, go to: https://bespc.com/bcor
    About Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C.

GoodRx Appoints Jody Mulkey as Chief Technology Officer

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Data management, Technology, Professional services, Managed care, Health, General Health, Pharmaceutical, Software, Networks, Internet, Insurance, Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, Mulkey, Shopzilla, Companies

GoodRx , Americas leading marketplace for affordable and convenient healthcare, today announced the appointment of Jody Mulkey as Chief Technology Officer.

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  • GoodRx , Americas leading marketplace for affordable and convenient healthcare, today announced the appointment of Jody Mulkey as Chief Technology Officer.
  • Mulkey is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience leading technology teams at Aspiration, Shopzilla and Ticketmaster.
  • Most recently, Mulkey was Chief Product Officer at online financial firm Aspiration, which doubled its customer base and quadrupled in revenue during his tenure.
  • Mulkey also spent five years as CTO of Ticketmaster, where he led its technology and cultural transformation.

Impact Announces New Client Additions as Businesses Put Concerted Focus on Growth Through Partnerships

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Economy of Germany, E-commerce, Companies, Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, HelloFresh, TUI AG

"2019 has been a breakout year for Impact, and for the Partnerships category as a whole," said David A. Yovanno, Impact CEO.

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  • "2019 has been a breakout year for Impact, and for the Partnerships category as a whole," said David A. Yovanno, Impact CEO.
  • People today are seeking advice and recommendations from other people and businesses they trust, not salespeople or advertising to whom they've become numb.
  • We're excited and look forward to guiding and automating more partnerships for our customers to drive transformational growth for their businesses in 2020."
  • Impact drives revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as TUI, Ticketmaster, SecretEscapes, Treatwell, KwikFit, Virgin Experience Days and HelloFresh.

Impact Announces New Client Additions as Businesses Put Concerted Focus on Growth Through Partnerships

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Economy of Germany, E-commerce, Companies, Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, HelloFresh, TUI AG

"2019 has been a breakout year for Impact, and for the Partnerships category as a whole," said David A. Yovanno, Impact CEO.

Key Points: 
  • "2019 has been a breakout year for Impact, and for the Partnerships category as a whole," said David A. Yovanno, Impact CEO.
  • People today are seeking advice and recommendations from other people and businesses they trust, not salespeople or advertising to whom they've become numb.
  • We're excited and look forward to guiding and automating more partnerships for our customers to drive transformational growth for their businesses in 2020."
  • Impact drives revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as TUI, Ticketmaster, SecretEscapes, Treatwell, KwikFit, Virgin Experience Days and HelloFresh.

INVESTOR ALERT: Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation on Behalf of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Investors

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Monday, December 16, 2019
Legal, Professional services, Companies, Entertainment industry, Entertainment, Monopolies, Ticketmaster, West Hollywood, California, New York Stock Exchange, Live Nation Entertainment, Live Nation

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces an investigation on behalf of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (Live Nation or the Company) (NYSE: LYV ) investors concerning the Company and its officers possible violations of federal securities laws.

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  • Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces an investigation on behalf of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (Live Nation or the Company) (NYSE: LYV ) investors concerning the Company and its officers possible violations of federal securities laws.
  • On December 13, 2019, Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was preparing legal action against Live Nation for seeking to strong-arm concert venues into using its Ticketmaster subsidiary.
  • On this news, Live Nations share price fell $5.09 per share, or more than 7%, to close at $64.34 per share on December 13, 2019, thereby injuring investors.
  • This press release may be considered Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions under the applicable law and ethical rules.