Archive for the 'Live Shows' Category


Re-NY Times/Private Equity/Music

I liked the comparison between 5 guys and ticket fees. I got a burrito and a bottle of water and paid $28 at the airport the other day. Then there is an add on for a tip shown to you that the cashier flips around for you to sign off on. Now I’m at $31. […]

Jed Weitzman-This Week’s Podcast

Jed Weitzman is head of music at Logitix, he specializes in employing data to properly price tickets. We also talk about Jed’s upbringing in Los Angeles as the scion of a legendary attorney and the stepson of a legendary actor, as well as his career in management and more. The Morrissey stories are priceless! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jed-weitzman/id1316200737?i=1000649159928 […]

The Truth About Ticket Prices

https://shorturl.at/aG189 This went up yesterday, but I didn’t find out about it until today, from a tweet by analyst Brandon Ross. No post in “Hits.” No post in “Billboard.” It’s like the announcement was dropped and it didn’t even make a ripple in the water. I Googled. I couldn’t find one reference to this post, […]

Universal Publishing Joins TikTok Takedown

I’m on Universal’s side on this. TikTok should pay rightsholders more. But we’ve seen this movie before. As documented in the book “Hit Men,” CBS Records wanted to eliminate the underworld of independent radio promotion. Therefore, it refused to pay. End result, the radio stations played music by acts on the other five major labels […]