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“A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business.”<br />
—The Wall Street Journal<br />
978-0-452-29808-8 • U.S. $17.00 / $18.00 CAN.<br />
Music / Business<br />
5 1/2” x 8 7/16” • 400 pages<br />
Rights: W00<br />
First Serial, Audio, UK: Plume<br />
Agent: Acacia House Publishing <strong>Services</strong><br />
Pub History: ECW Press HC, 978-1-55490-941-4<br />
Also available as an e-book<br />
On Sale: 4/24/12<br />
■■this edition will include a new final chapter that<br />
documents the industry’s recent developments and<br />
artists’ reactions and responses<br />
suGGesteD oRDeR<br />
Dean budnick and Josh baron<br />
ticket masters<br />
the Rise of the concert industry and<br />
How the Public Got scalped<br />
Ticket Masters sheds light upon the complex relationships between artists,<br />
promoters, ticketing agents, and the public like no other book on the shelves.<br />
the authors chronicle the as-yet-untold story of the modern concert industry,<br />
revealing the origins, development, and ongoing strategies of companies<br />
such as ticketmaster, live nation, and stubHub and the efforts of numerous<br />
independent competitors. With over a hundred exclusive inter<strong>view</strong>s along with<br />
many previously unreleased documents, this character-driven book explores<br />
the actions and impact of the iconoclasts guiding these companies while folding<br />
in related tales of scalping syndicates, old-school music promoters, and wouldbe<br />
internet tycoons along with the brash business decisions of such worldrenowned<br />
groups as the Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and the Rolling stones.<br />
this book answers the questions:<br />
• How and why do concerts sell out so fast?<br />
• Why do service fees vary on tickets to the same event?<br />
• Why isn’t ticketmaster considered an illegal monopoly?<br />
• and just how did ticket prices get so high, anyway?<br />
“Fascinating.” —Rolling Stone<br />
■■National Print Re<strong>view</strong> and Feature Attention<br />
■■Online Re<strong>view</strong>s and Features<br />
■■Online Promotions<br />
dean budnick is the executive editor of Relix magazine and the founder<br />
of Jambands.com. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and a J.D. from columbia<br />
law school. josh baron is the editor in chief of Relix magazine and<br />
contributes to a variety of media outlets including new york city–based 15<br />
radio station WPuV, where he serves as a music re<strong>view</strong>er.<br />
m ay • P l u m e<br />
PLUME
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