The latest brand making a big push into music, with both live and digital elements, is Budweiser, which is launching an initiative in the US called Bud Light Music First. It's a partnership with Live...
May 1st, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
January 2nd, 2013 by Music Ally
The final day of 2012 saw some big news for the traditional music industry as Irving Azoff announced he was leaving Live Nation with immediate effect.
November 22nd, 2012 by Stuart Dredge
In the chequered history of music industry acquisitions, Live Nation’s deal to buy BigChampagne is looking more and more like one of the smarter ones. With that company’s CEO Eric Garland now...
November 8th, 2012 by Music Ally
"I heard a number from an investment banker this week that [Pandora] are out selling for a $3 billion valuation," said Irving Azoff, according to Billboard's writeup.
October 5th, 2012 by Music Ally
Pandora would like the debate around its next set of royalty negotiations to be driven by a vision of big bad licensing commitments strangling the company's survival prospects.
September 20th, 2012 by Music Ally
Scooter Braun and Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino Talk Music Industry Disruption at Google Event.
August 10th, 2012 by Music Ally
Live Nation now has a new source of data for its BigChampagne Ultimate Charts: social music startup Monstro.
July 16th, 2012 by Stuart Dredge
Social music app Rexly is the latest startup to be snapped up by Live Nation. The terms of the deal haven’t been announced, but Rexly’s two-man team will become Live Nation Labs’ San...
May 11th, 2012 by Music Ally
Live Nation has reported its latest financial results, with the company's revenues rising 2% year-on-year to $868m in the first quarter of 2012.
