Pollstar Daily News Service
Friday, Feb 3, 2012 9:15PM
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Click here for the Pollstar Awards winners, announced just minutes ago.
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Friday, Feb 3, 2012 12:08PM
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It turns out that the business of baseball isn't so different from that of concerts. The playing field is not even close to fair, the price of talent fluctuates in extreme, often irrational, ways and the art of making a deal is still of paramount importance. It’s also easy to get burned by relying too much on gut instinct.
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Friday, Feb 3, 2012 11:30AM
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Pollstar Live! panel coverage: With so many festivals competing for fans' time and money, what does it take for an event to stand out and eventually have longevity in the market?
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Friday, Feb 3, 2012 7:34AM
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Pollstar Live! panel coverage: While nearly everyone’s taken a hit during the economic downturn, the funny business is still proving to be a good business.
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Friday, Feb 3, 2012 2:25AM
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Pollstar Live! panel coverage: So your venue has a website. It has a banner in the foyer that says, “Follow us on Twitter.” That marketing manager posts stuff to Facebook. But why isn’t anything happening?
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Friday, Feb 3, 2012 2:10AM
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The trend is toward venues more frequently dealing directly with agents and bypassing promoters. Moderator Matt Gibson of Spokane Arena got right to the point: Is this bad for business or just natural progression?
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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 2:44PM
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Singer David Peaston, who had a string of R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died, his family said Thursday.
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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 11:57AM
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The driver of a Zamboni at a hockey game in Minnesota was arrested for operating the ice resurfacing machine while drunk.
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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 11:54AM
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A southern Indiana city plans to sell a barge it bought last year because the cost of turning it into a floating concert stage would be too steep.
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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 8:15AM
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Anschutz Entertainment Group is expected today to unveil plans on remodeling the aging Los Angeles Convention Center.
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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 6:08AM
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Eastman Kodak Co. is looking to get out of its naming rights contract with the Los Angeles theater that hosts the Academy Awards.
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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 6:05AM
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Concerns about being ready in time for this year’s European soccer championship were at least temporarily put aside by the opening of Poland’s new National Stadium in Warsaw Jan. 29.
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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 6:00AM
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Outgoing Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. says the proposed purchase of British recording company EMI by recording rivals Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV is "dangerous" and must be stopped by regulators.
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