Their view: Ticketmaster played the role of a search engine before there were search engines.
Ticketmaster remains the leader with 11, 000 venues that are mostly locked into long-term contracts.
"Ticketmaster represents a large glacier, and global warming has pieces falling off, " says Rosen.
The New York Post reports that the Giants will sell single game tickets through Ticketmaster.
American Express requires cardholders to redeem at least 2, 000 points for a Ticketmaster or Telecharge purchase.
Unlike other sites (Ticketmaster) there are no added fees like processing, convenience or shipping charges.
Before the merger, AEG was responsible for an estimated 9% to 10% of Ticketmaster's sales.
Instead of licensing Ticketmaster's system, however, AEG this week entered a joint venture called Outbox Enterprises.
With Ticketmaster, CIE has joint ventures for Mexico and the rest of Latin America.
"CIE was the obvious choice as a partner, " says Terry Barnes, Ticketmaster's chief executive.
Major companies are supporting Passbook including Target, Starbucks, United Airlines, American Airlines, Google and Ticketmaster.
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Free to make their own choices, most clubs use Ticketmaster as both a primary and secondary seller.
Mr Diller has made some canny bets: Hotels.com, Match.com, Expedia and Ticketmaster each claims to be profitable.
Most sellers bought their Jackson tickets from Ticketmaster, and buyers came from 40 different countries around the world.
The plan provoked a rash of complaints asserting Ticketmaster was monopolistic and gouging consumers with high service charges.
In approving the merger, antitrust regulators required that AEG be allowed to compete with Ticketmaster for ticket sales.
Tougher was staying afloat in a world of tight financing and giant online rivals like Ticketmaster and ClearChannel.
AEG's biggest partner in the ticket-selling process, Ticketmaster, is estimated to have sold more than half of all tickets.
The firefighters apparently pulled up to a Ticketmaster outlet in their fire truck just before tickets went on sale.
Meanwhile, according to Ticketmaster, 40% of event tickets last year were never sold.
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The venture also plans to compete for the business of current Ticketmaster clients, as their agreements with Ticketmaster expire.
When he joined Ticketmaster as chief executive in 1982, it was a floundering regional company up against giant Ticketron.
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The tale goes back to 1982, when Rosen joined Ticketmaster as chief executive.
As part of that requirement, Ticketmaster permitted AEG, a subsidiary of Anschutz Co.
Tickets are scheduled to go on sale May 23 through Ticketmaster.com and Livenation.com.
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"CIE was the obvious choice as a partner, " says Terry Barnes, Ticketmaster's CEO.
Singles book their tickets to the parties through TicketWeb , another Ticketmaster company.
But Ticketmaster has moved to ditch it in favour of a simpler system.
Ticketmaster, which was confirmed as the selling agent earlier this month, will conduct all sales - online or by post.
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This time they beat out Bank of America for the crown, while Ticketmaster and Comcast rounded out the final four.
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