Ticket Battle Shakes Music Biz

[Rolling_Stone]

Ticketmaster, Live Nation vie to fill power vacuum left by labelsWhen Live Nation, the world's biggest concert promoter, announced that it would begin selling its own tickets starting in January, it seemed like the beginning of the end for Ticketmaster. Instead, the move has triggered a war that is reshaping the entire music industry, with the two companies battling for a piece of every dollar fans spend on music, from concerts and merchandise to albums and digital downloads. "It's a seismic shift, in terms of what's occurring with the retail of tickets,"...

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