The secondary ticket market has been in the news again recently, with minister for digital and the creative industries Margot James urging consumers consumers to boycott Viagogo, as National Trading Standards launches an investigation into the company and FIFA files a criminal complaint against it. Meanwhile, a new body has launched in defence of resellers – The Fair Ticketing Alliance, whose …
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‘Where did the tickets go?’ Ticket touting in China – Zhang Wenzhao
Adele Beats The Touts – Bob Lefsetz
Researching live music: some thoughts on policy implications – Martin Cloonan (2011)
Carbon Assessment of Ticketing Delivery Systems – En-Count (2013)
Live Music 101 # 5: Promoters and risk – Emma Webster
In this addition to the ‘Live Music 101’ series of blog posts detailing the themes and ideas that developed over the course of our initial live music research project, Emma Webster offers a model of economic risk that includes the promoter, and also defines three broad ticketing (revenue) models the promoter can use in order to recoup their initial investment.