Pollstar Daily News Service
Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:39AM
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Joe Brauner, agent for Norah Jones since the inception of her career, has moved from the New York office of CAA to William Morris Entertainment.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:52AM
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Live Nation has agreed to settle 22 consumer antitrust class-action lawsuits.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:25AM
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It will be a sort of homecoming when Sigur Rós plays Iceland Airwaves festival Nov. 4, the act’s first gig in Reykjavik in four years and its first at the festival in 11 years.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:20AM
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The Dunedin City Council may have to provide more funding for Dunedin Venues Management Ltd. (DVML) in New Zealand, which failed to post a predicted profit of NZ $91,000 for the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:00AM
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The opening weekend of Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea, saw fewer people than expected. Less than 40,000 visitors a day were admitted May 12-13, while organizers were hoping for 100,000 each day.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:24AM
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With the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement still waiting for ratification from the European parliament, Neelie Kroes has already made it clear the deal is a non-starter.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:15PM
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Officials voted a second time on who should manager O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., and the result is the same: AEG is still the favorite to win a new management contract to operate the sports stadium and Oracle Arena.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:45AM
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There’s no official announcement regarding the breakup and sale of HMV’s music business interests, but there’s London music industry gossip that AEG and German ticketing giant CTS Eventim have been successful in a joint bid for London’s Hammersmith Apollo.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:42AM
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Liberty Media now holds more than 25 percent of the outstanding shares of Live Nation Entertainment with 48.7 million shares, according to a May 15 filing.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:30AM
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Rock-It Ships, a company launched in August in Tallahassee, Fla., has a simple, innovative concept: take a tour bus, shrink it down.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:25AM
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One of the highlights from this year’s The Great Escape was an interview with festival chiefs Michael Eavis and Rob da Bank, which UK newspaper The Guardian brought to a wider audience by setting up an online Q&A session.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:15AM
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Insane Clown Posse isn’t exactly known for tame performances, but a fan of the group has filed suit claiming things got a little too crazy during ICP’s annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave in Rock, Ill., in 2010.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:05AM
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The New South Wales District Court, which last month ordered Flo Rida to pay $80,000 to promoters of the Fat As Butter festival, set a watershed legal precedent for Australia.
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