He took himself out of the debate. The kiss of death was when he said he was going to be nice.  That’s like Dick Cheney caring what the public thinks, that’s like Sarah Palin suddenly saying Obama’s great, that’s like Paul Krugman saying trickle down economics work.  A LEOPARD CAN’T CHANGE HIS SPOTS! In other […]

Now THAT was interesting. So I’m at Q Prime, back in October, and I’m checking my e-mail and I get a message from a guy who says he’s Lady GaGa’s manager.  Off the top of my head, I don’t know who Lady GaGa’s manager is, so I ask Peter Mensch for confirmation of the relationship […]

Re: Outbox Bob,  how can you get it so wrong?  Outbox technology is open and, therefore, more easily adaptable to new methods (mobile apps, up-selling, shopping carts, etc.) of interacting with the consumer than TM’s somewhat archaic infrastructure.  Having used TM for many years for the sale of millions of our tickets, AEG Live is […]

Live Nation’s problem is not Outbox, but its crushing debt.  If Live Nation dies, it will be because it couldn’t find a way to be profitable, not because a competitor ate its lunch. Outbox is a white label solution.  Which allows venues to create their own ticketing system.  That’s a positively eighties solution, back before […]