A Calif. district court judge rules that Ticketmaster's business practices do not violate U.S. anti-trust laws.
In an effort to stanch the drainage of revenue from its break with Live Nation, Ticketmaster buys Ticketsnow, the country's second largest online scalper (the first being eBay's StubHub). The comp...
Live Nation and its sub, House of Blues, makes up about 20% (or $200 million) of Ticketmaster's annual sales.
Shares of Ticketmaster, which had merged with Citysearch 3 months prior, rocketed 243% from an initial public offering price of $14 to open at $48 per share.
IAC now wholly owns Ticketmaster.
Ticketmaster's current parent IAC, then known as HSN (Home Shopping Network), acquires a controlling share of the company from Paul Allen.
Billionaire Paul Allen, who was a major investor in AOL, reported buys the company for $325 million. The industry speculates that Allen may exploit the link between Ticketmaster's computerized ti...
Ticketmaster acquires rival, Ticketron, for an undisclosed amount and gains some big accounts, including California Angels, New York Mets, Buffalo Bills, Pacific Amphitheater and several Broadway t...
Ticketmaster revenues climb to $650 in 1990. The year's highest grossing tour? New Kids on the Block with $74 million, according to Pollstar. photo courtesy of www.nkotb.com
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The struggling $1 million-per-year upstart got its big break with a major-league baseball franchise whose new owner was appalled to find that his team did not have computerized ticketing. At the be...
Ticketmaster was founded by three Arizona State University students: Albert Leffler, Peter Gadwa and Gordon Gunn. Leffler, who studied performing arts, had been working at the school's Grady Gammag...
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