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TikTok Brings Ticketmaster Purchasing Program to 20 New Markets
Partnerships // December 04, 2023

TikTok and Ticketmaster are expanding their in-app ticketing partnership to 20 new markets. The partnership, launched last year in the U.S., is now being offered to users in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, Germany, France, Canada, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Spain...

Mastercard to Offer VIP Experiences Through Live Nation Partnership
Mastercard // November 02, 2023

Mastercard has formed a multi-year partnership with live entertainment company Live Nation. This partnership aims to provide exclusive benefits and VIP experiences for Mastercard cardholders in 19 geographies across Europe and Asia, beginning Jan. 1, the companies said in a Thursday (Nov. 2) press release.  Through this collaboration,...

PayPal Lands Live Nation Preferred Payments Partner Deal for Ticket Sales
Payment Methods // April 03, 2023

PayPal has joined forces with Live Nation to become Ticketmaster’s preferred payments partner. “Our goal is to seamlessly connect artists and event organizers with fans wherever they are in the world, and PayPal helps us take that to the next level with a truly global-reaching payments solution,” Ticketmaster President Mark Yovich said...

Bringing Security And Control To Ticket Sales
Disbursements // December 19, 2018

Secondary ticket sales for live events bring in more than $35 billion annually. Most of those funds, though, need to be disbursed back to the consumers who sold them — a process rife with roadblocks and challenges, which often leaves all parties in the dark...

Interviews & Exclusives
Secondary Ticket Disbursements’ $35B Risk

December 18, 2018
Whether it’s gig workers waiting for compensation or ticket sellers waiting on their payments, everyone wants to be paid quickly. That can often be easier said than done, though, and can cause problems for consumers who depend on these disbursements as their main source of income. Fortunately, PYMNTS research found that there has been a […]

Fevo CEO: Why Split The Ticket Needed A Makeover

November 29, 2017
  Every group of friends has a social director, Fevo CEO Ari Daie told Karen Webster in this week’s Matchmakers conversation – that one person who organizes the cats and gets...

Quick Reads
Live Nation May Face Antitrust Lawsuit

April 15, 2024
Live Nation reportedly may be facing an antitrust lawsuit as early as May. The Justice Department is preparing to sue the concert promotion and ticketing company after investigating its size and negotiating power in its field, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (April 15). The suit will allege that Live Nation, which is the parent company […]

TikTok Brings Ticketmaster Purchasing Program to 20 New Markets

December 04, 2023
TikTok and Ticketmaster are expanding their in-app ticketing partnership to 20 new markets. The partnership, launched last year in the U.S., is now being offered to users in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, Germany, France, Canada,...

Mastercard to Offer VIP Experiences Through Live Nation Partnership

November 02, 2023
Mastercard has formed a multi-year partnership with live entertainment company Live Nation. This partnership aims to provide exclusive benefits and VIP experiences for Mastercard cardholders in 19 geographies across Europe and Asia,...

PayPal Lands Live Nation Preferred Payments Partner Deal for Ticket Sales

April 03, 2023
PayPal has joined forces with Live Nation to become Ticketmaster’s preferred payments partner. “Our goal is to seamlessly connect artists and event organizers with fans wherever they are in the world, and PayPal helps us...