Ticketing news and trends

Live Nation Faces Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit, Day After DOJ Suit
Legal // May 24, 2024

Live Nation and its Ticketmaster business are reportedly facing a consumer antitrust lawsuit that comes on the heels of a suit filed by the Justice Department. The consumer suit is the first of what’s likely to be many such suits, because they often follow legal action taken by U.S. or state...

Paytm Backs Bus Ticketing Firm Infinity With Estimated $1.4M
Investments // December 03, 2019

Paytm parent company One97 Communications has made a strategic investment in the travel software provider Infinity Transoft Solutions, Times of India reported Tuesday (Dec. 3). Sources close to the development said Paytm backed Infinity with upwards of $1.4 million. “We are excited to announce our...

When Innovation Is The Ticket For Digital Events Platforms
Innovation // May 16, 2019

Digital ticketing platforms for events and entertainment are evolving to become more than places to score tickets to the latest show — they are also introducing features to reduce friction at checkout. TodayTix, which just notched $73 million in funding, plans to enhance the app...

Why ‘Play Ball!’ Means So Much For Payments
Digital Payments // March 29, 2019

Another baseball season has started, much to the delight of many consumers, including those insufferable and pretentious fans who consider football something that happens between the World Series and spring training. Cue the memories, the emotional music, the waxing nostalgic about past players and all...

Interviews & Exclusives
Where In The World Is Alipay?

September 04, 2017
Where in the world is Alipay? At this point, pretty much everywhere Chinese tourists might want to go, with most of Europe and North America now supported and South America being the only major exception (besides Antarctica, though we hear the tourism scene there is heating up, so who knows — it could be next!). […]

Quick Reads
Paytm Reportedly Explores Sale of Ticketing Unit to Zomato

June 16, 2024
India’s Paytm is reportedly in discussions to sell its movie/event ticketing business to Zomato. Talks between the FinTech and the food delivery firm are in the advanced stages, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (June 16), citing sources familiar with the matter.  Zomato later confirmed the report in a regulatory filing Sunday. “We acknowledge that we are […]

Live Nation Faces Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit, Day After DOJ Suit

May 24, 2024
Live Nation and its Ticketmaster business are reportedly facing a consumer antitrust lawsuit that comes on the heels of a suit filed by the Justice Department. The consumer suit is the first of what’s likely to...

Paytm Backs Bus Ticketing Firm Infinity With Estimated $1.4M

December 03, 2019
Paytm parent company One97 Communications has made a strategic investment in the travel software provider Infinity Transoft Solutions, Times of India reported Tuesday (Dec. 3). Sources close to the development...

Live Nation Share Gains Pared On Amazon Ticket Plans

August 11, 2017
What’s a good way to deflate some heady stock gains? Have Amazon come gunning to eat your lunch. Seeking Alpha reported that Live Nation shares jumped 12.5 percent Thursday during...