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Ticketmaster
Tom Ross
Tom Ross is an influential booking agent and artist manager, and one of the founders of the music department of the famed LA-based talent agency, CAA. With CAA, Ross worked with some of music’s biggest names, such as Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills and Nash and Madonna. After leaving CAA in the late 1990s, Ross worked with several music and technology companies. He currently manages country artist LeAnn Rimes. |
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Description: Tom Ross, an agent, talks about the impact of Ticketmaster on the music business. He discusses the loss of ticketing outlets, the ability to sell out a show in eight minutes, and the acquired knowledge of exactly how many tickets are sold. Ross also mentions how Ticketmaster takes out a piece of the ticket profits for such things as buildings. Also in this segment, Ross covers Fred Rosen, the CEO of Ticketmaster. He explains how Rosen came up with a computer model and jumpstarted Ticketmaster by building and paying for the computers at his own expense.
Shoot Date: Dec-05 |
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