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Private Equity Eats the Ticket Business!

December 12, 2023
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Hi! Happy Holidays! Don’t miss “First Wednesdays with Dave” on January 3rd when we discuss getting 2024 off to a solid start. I’m sure we will hit on some strategy, branding, and marketing ideas. Plus, a Q&A. To the Tickets! Tim Chambers looks at the business of tickets and the PE model: I love this kind of […]

November 30, 2023
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Hey! I’m trying something new on Wednesday, “First Wednesdays with Dave” and this month we will talk about planning for 2024. 1 PM Eastern. December 6, 2023. A few stories for the day… BTW, a picture to warm your heart…Penny the Bulldog catching some rays from the HappyLight. To the Tickets! ‘The Introverted Millennial’ on […]

November 27, 2023
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Ruth Hartt writes about “The Inclusivity Imperative” in the arts, but I think there is something bigger going on: We focus a lot of our attention on our customers, but how often are we thinking about our non-customers? Ruth Hartt has been on the podcast before to talk about ‘Jobs to Be Done’ and marketing the […]

November 21, 2023
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Hi- I’ve been following the experiment Ken Davenport has going with starting times for A Beautiful Noise on Brodway. Ken switched a Wednesday night show with a Thursday matinee performance and the results have been pretty compelling: Why do I bring that up today? Because I read two articles from ‘The Stage’ today that brought the need to […]

November 15, 2023
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Hey! I’ll admit that I’m not a big gambler. I don’t have anything against gambling and I’m known to play a little poker from time to time or go to a casino when I’m somewhere that has one. My biggest issues are: Put that all aside because yesterday was launch day for ESPN Bet and […]

November 7, 2023
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Hey! A few links today: You can let me know what you think about these stories by email, DM, or in the Slack Channel. I’m always curious about what is working or not working. My neighbors go nuts at Halloween! Colby Fackler writes about sports being the business of rituals: I like this way of thinking. […]

October 31, 2023
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Hey! Thank you for reading. Since I started publishing more frequent, but shorter notes, you’ve stuck around and continued to read and share the newsletter. You like the newsletter. Maybe you would like to join us in the ‘Talking Tickets’ Slack Channel. This morning, I came across a tweet from Richard Shotten, a marketer, who shared a […]

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