Found Around: Ticketmaster’s New Facebook App Recommends Concerts From Your Listening Activity
Written by Chris Cave Posted in: Found Around on January 19, 2012
I'm impressed! Ticketmaster/Live Nation has had an impressive month. First the acquisition of BigChampagne and now the launch of their facebook app, bringing ticketmaster into the "social age". It'll be interesting to see how Ticketfly responds as their core has been in social ticketing all along. Have you checked it out? If so, what are your thoughts?
-Chris
(TechCrunch) Of all the new Open Graph apps launched tonight, Ticketmaster’s new Facebook experience is the most impressive. Sure it can share that you’ve “bought” tickets, but lots of apps have similar publishing functionality. What makes Ticketmaster’s app cool is that it pulls your Facebook profile’s music app activity from services such as Spotify or Rdio, and recommends nearby concerts of artists you actually listen to, not just those you say you Like.
Ticketmaster has come a long way in the two years since Nathan Hubbard became CEO following its merger with LiveNation. It now shows you its service fees up front rather than tacking them on as you checkout. This pissed off artists and venues who thought it would scare away sales, but Ticketmaster did it in the name of transparency.
