LIVE NATION, INC. (LYV)

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    RachelH
    Jun 26 03:02 PM
    General Discussion on LYV
    Live Nation also launches a facebook application. It allows people to purchase tickets directly on their facebook. Here's the article on that: losangeles.bizjournals... Reply
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    RachelH
    Jun 26 03:00 PM
    General Discussion on LYV
    Live Nation launches a new ticket program. It's called Live Nation Fast Lane, which allows music fans to enter BEFORE the crowd at their fav shows! Check out the article which talks all about it. www.ticketnews.com/nod... Reply
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    RachelH
    Jun 23 03:52 PM
    General Discussion on LYV
    Michael Cohl is no longer chairman of Live Nation. Check out the article here: www.ticketnews.com/Mic...+ Reply
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    leviticus
    Jun 22 09:07 PM
    Is Live Nation's Music Strategy Too Risky? [view article]
    Coming back to madonna on this deal, whatever the the sales of her last album may be. It is for her and for them still a good deal.
    Many people forget that next to her album sales or concerts, you have the merchandising. Many people think "well what is merchandising" can't be much money in there. But the deal she made with them is total control and partnership between her and them over the brand "madonna".
    The amount of money to be made just over the brand "madonna" is mindblowing. Like with britney spears, the money the paparazzi business made out of her just selling her pictures worldwide goes into the millions of dollars. Same with Madonna, plus she has like Rolling stones and U2 a vast and stabile fanbase that through the years is stabile or growing and never been in decline.
    What she also does is have 1 concert somewhere and when it sells out quick add another 1 or 2 or more. Where the sales are slow, she just does 1. With live nation she now also goes to countries where she has never been or hasn't been in years. Like for instance she does like always goes to europe and north america and now also will go to South america. 1 million tickets have been sold so far and counting. U2 the same story. I don't know much about Jay-z and the money in hip hop to be made when it comes to just 1 person.
    But from the moment i heard Madonna was going to do this, i got interested how a company would get their profit. She is 50 this year, but having looked into it. Especially her, because she is in pop, dominated by the next hot young thing and she being a woman and other bumps in the road for her. When it comes to Madonna in this stage of her career and it has been a long one. Their bet is solid. The money that that woman generates by just being Madonna goes beyond me. Don't get me wrong, i like Madonna. So no ill feelings or judgement. More power to her. I was just bewildered when i researched it a little bit, how much money their can be made by just having the name "Madonna" or "U2" or "Rolling Stones".
    But like i said, being in a different genre, i thought Madonna isn't that a good decision. But please researched it on the internet and you will find that if you put Madonna's different works together and Live nations will make profit of of her within 2 years.
    She allready, but it's a rumour, is making deals with several companies like phone companies and clothing companies and digital companies and other companies worldwide, plus special private concerts and so on and on.
    She has been in the top 5 best earnings list as far as i know 3 times out of these last 5 years and that is past the height of her career.
    You might think i am bias and making Madonna bigger than she is, but again having looked into it on the internet and magazines and other media.....i am just a simple person that discovered that being in popmusic, (thinking it's fast money, and then the new next best thing pops along to make money) when you have the endurance and just the name Madonna, the money comes sometimes slow and sometimes fast, but the money keeps on coming from al over the world. Even when it's slow, Malawi could house all the orphans instead of one.
    Please respond if anybody disagrees, would like to know what they found out on this matter.     Reply
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    talis1115
    Jun 22 06:27 PM
    Is Live Nation's Music Strategy Too Risky? [view article]
    I feel Live Nation are heading in the wrong direction. Stars like Jay Z and Madonna may look like safe bets but in the music industry things can change so quickly. I see in Daniel F comments that he said Madonna has sold close to 2million copies of her album world wide which is not entirely true. Close to 2 million have been sent to retailers by Warner Brothers but sales are still under 1 million world wide with the USA accounting for only 480k and it has now dropped out of top 30. Her tour is selling well but it is 30% slower then the last tour she went on. I do not feel that investing in an artist like that is a wise deal. Jay Z is yet to do anything of late to say he is worth it either. We will have to wait and see. Reply
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    yeasure
    Jun 22 05:07 PM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    I still think the rising oil price is due to market speculation and greed,
    because all gas related parties made HUGE profits including bull traders, I cannot believe that the average oil related stocks have raised up to 1000% for the past few months, that is speculation, nothing to do with oil shortage. They just won't lower the gas prices since they tasted the flavor of Greed!
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    BerkeleyBob
    Jun 22 11:53 AM
    Is Live Nation's Music Strategy Too Risky? [view article]
    The alternative some musicians are trying is direct sales of CD at gigs or on their own websites. (On the latter, MP3 is feasible.) Some artists are going to vinyl releases... Digital distribution is the genie out of the bottle. Long ORCD. BerkBob Reply
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    bluesmoke
    Jun 22 10:51 AM
    Is Live Nation's Music Strategy Too Risky? [view article]
    "other than concerts is there any way to really make money on the music business?"

    That's the million dollar question. Although Livenation may be overextended, their business model is intact. As baby boomers retire, they will still go to see their favorite rockers.

    What remains to be seen is whether any digital distribution model is truly profitable, and if so, who controls the copyright & participates in the revenue stream - the artist or its underwriters.     Reply
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    sw05052002
    Jun 22 06:53 AM
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    DanielF
    Jun 22 06:01 AM
    Is Live Nation's Music Strategy Too Risky? [view article]
    The music business has always been challenging, even in the days when vinyl singles sold by the million each week. Many artists throughout the years have signed deals that gave them huge advances, only to find that costs such as promotion were coming out their own pockets. It left some touring for years to pay back the companies when album sales waned after huge débuts.

    The companies are like banks, lending to their fledgling enterprises based on business and PR plans within a market that makes oil look stable: music. Today's million selling artist is tomorrows "Where are they now" feature on VH1. Investing in established names who have proven track records is still not risk free, but the questions become "Do the artists have enough assets to pay back the advance if they don't sell another record or concert ticket" and "What is the potential for their future marketability".

    On those scores, the deals are secure, Madonna is selling out her latest $100+ million tour across the globe, and is close to 2 million sales on her latest CD. U2 have consistently produced huge tours breaking box office records. Jay-Z's many ventures have made him one of the richest men in hip-hop. If they were to retire tomorrow, I'd bet each of them could pay back the part of the advances they've received so far, and still leave themselves with a lifestyle to which we'd all love to be accustomed.     Reply
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    RightinSanFr
    ancisco
    Jun 20 12:31 PM
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    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    On Chinese gasoline prices, and the comparison of their new $3.06 to our $4.00, state and local taxes need to be considered. Government tinkering really operates only on the margin in terms of affecting demand. The "problem" is that they are moving toward our standard of living. Reply
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    wowser
    Jun 20 11:51 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    can anyone say WW3 Reply
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    wowser
    Jun 20 11:46 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    surprise! oil on the way up again, the chinese govt cant slow anything for real or their economy crashs too. Were in the same boat ..all our answers have bad side affects
    were running out of capacity in oil folks , nothing but that is forcing prices up, any little glitch in the world now sends the price soaring ..i think just in the last few months we have seen these really big moves in price ...right? that has got to be a signal bad things are on the way....5 dollar moves in 1 day ..wow
    the bitch is that its too late for usa to make anything meaningfull happen on the supply side and the guys that can pump more ...many dont like us ....and would love to see us crumble even if it takes china and europe down ....these countrys dont need anymore money and dont do anything but oil so they will be fine...feels like checkmate even if not planned     Reply
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    Bkraswting
    Jun 20 10:07 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    You missed what might become an important development. Triad Guarantee basically went belly up yesterday. Triad provided guarantees for the top 10-20% of mortgage pools in 06, 07, 08. Many Wall Street firms have already taken losses on paper the acquired with the Triad chomp.

    Heres the story that may become significant. Triad guaranteed a lot of paper that ended up in FNM/FRE.

    This week FRE finally eliminated Triad as an acceptable counter-party. Just a little bit late.

    Keep in mind that the Agencies have taken no losses or reserves on this     Reply
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    LondonCallin
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    Jun 20 09:42 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    China subsidizes gas... USA subsidizes corn (to the tune of $10B+)... all in an effort to lower the cost in subsequent down river products... lower gas in china make for lower production costs (so the US consume can have lower product cost on consumer imports)... cheap corn makes for cheap feedstock for cows, coca cola etc (so the USA can buy cheap fast food - and other things - have a litre of coke, and a triple patty for lunch and get fat)...
    LC     Reply

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