StubHub Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Saturday, September 26, 2020

Here’s one set of private diaries that I will definitely read. Meanwhile, in music news for September 26, 2020… Coronavirus

Paranoid? Try this product. If you buy it, you’ve got bigger problems (Via Larry). This is music news for May

Check this out. Talk about a quarantine project. Shouldn’t this f*cker be busy making a vaccine? pic.twitter.com/onjzVt9ubq — Randy Rainbow

Goliath blinked. All this week, concertgoers have been up in arms about Ticketmaster’s seeming change in policy, which sounded a

Another ticket seller is speaking out about how it intends to address canceled and indefinitely postponed events during the coronavirus

It’s bad enough we don’t have any shows to go to now. It’s worse that we might not have shows

This is NOT an April Fool’s joke: Dogs are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus. And should you wear

Here’s one bright side to the coronavirus situation: Airlines (the ones still flying, anyway) are doing away with the middle

That’s one tiny moon. Here’s what I have for music news for February 28, 2020. Coronavirus update: Facebook has canceled

Sometimes you have no choice but to hit up a ticket reseller when it comes to a hot show or

This will give you an idea of how big the market is for secondary ticket sellers. Ebay, which bought StubHub

Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver