Ticketmaster Claims in Letter to Congress That It ‘Does More Than Anyone to Get Tickets Into the Hands of Real Fans’; NIVA and NITO Do Not Agree
Not surprisingly, independent venue and touring organizations were quick to criticize the claims made in the letter. In a statement, the National Independent Venue Assn. wrote: “Live Nation’s ‘actions’ on resale detailed in a letter to Congress are too little and too late to get back the trust of fans, artists, and stages.”
Music Industry Moves: NIVA Launches Economic Research Survey of Independent Live Entertainment
The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) has launched The State of Live, a national economic research study of the independent live entertainment sector.