Showbiz Sandbox 130: It’s The Data, Stupid (or Why Live Nation Bought BigChampagne)
December 19, 2011
As 2011 comes to an end mainstream media companies continue to struggle with how to distribute their content through the Internet. That was never more apparent than this week as concert promoter Live Nation acquired BigChampagne, a media tracking and technology company. Joe Fleischer, Big Champgne’s chief marketing officer, explains why a live-event company is interested in staying on top of the latest music industry data and how the acquisition will help Live Nation better understand their customers.
Meanwhile, as SOPA and PIPA make their way through Congress, Universal Music Group caused a stir when they tried to squash news reports of their copyright infringement lawsuit against MegaUpload. Then there was comedian Louis C.K. who used digital convergence to his benefit by selling a video of his most recent stand-up show directly to fans, making a huge profit in the process.
Matt Damon was also muddying the waters last week by revealing the in-fighting going on behind the scenes of the”Bourne” franchise. Of course, we also cover the top entertainment news stories of the week including the Golden Globe and SAG award nominations, Howard Stern’s new television gig on “America’s Got Talent” and Madonna’s new record contract.
Programming Note: There will be no shows on December 26, 2011 or January 2, 2012. See you all next year.
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047677
‘The Help’ Leads With Four SAG Awards Nominations
http://www.goldderby.com/films/news/2282/%27the-help%27-leads-with-four-sag-awards-nominations.html
Golden Globe Nomination List
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/golden-globe-awards-nominations-nominees-list-274209
‘Smurfs’ Animated Feature DQ Raises Questions About Vague Regulations
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention/posts/smurfs-animated….
Matt Damon’s Verbal Attack Exposes Deep Rift In ‘Bourne’ Franchise
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matt-damon-bourne-identity-tony-gilroy-275137
Apple Plots Its TV Assault
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020479110457710….
Is Congress Prepared To Deregulate Television
http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/is-congress-prepared-to-deregulate-television/
YouTube Says Universal Had No ‘Right’ to Take Down MegaUpload Video
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/youtube-universal-megaupload/
DHS Abruptly Abandons Copyright Seizure of Hip-Hop Blog
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57339569-281/dhs-abruptly-abandons-copyright-seizure-of-hip-hop-blog/
Louis CK: How He Made $500K in 4 Days
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/267089/20111214/louis-ck-500k-4-days-comedy-special.htm
Howard Stern Joins America’s Got Talent
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/howard-stern-joins-americas-got-talent-274213
Amazon’s Best Selling Books of 2011
http://www.omnivoracious.com/2011/12/amazoncoms-best-selling-books-of-2011-steve-jobs-more-customer-favorites.html
FCC Pass Rules To Turn Down Volume On Loud Commercials
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/fcc-passes-rules-turn-down-volume-loud-commercials-137071
Beach Boys Announce Reunion Tour Complete With Brian Wilson
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/beach-boys-announce-reunion-tour-complete-with-brian-wilson/
E-Books, Shmee-Books: Readers Return to the Stores
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/books/steve-jobs-biography-and-other-hot-titles-bookstore-lures.html
Apple Rolls Out iTunes Store in 16 Latin American Markets
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/apple-itunes-store-latin-america-272831
iTunes To Offer Special Edition of ‘Avatar’
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avatar-special-edition-itunes-274677
NFL Extends TV Network Deals
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nfl-extends-TV-network-deals-273789
The Artist Eyes Concert Tour
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/artist-eyes-concert-tour-274755
FX, Kurt Sutter Win Lawsuit Claiming ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Was Stolen
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sons-anarchy-kurt-sutter-fx-win-lawsuit-274294
Madonna Comeback In Music, TV, And Film Includes $40M Deal With Interscope
http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/madonna-comeback-in-music-tv-and-film-3-album-deal-with-interscope-worth-40m-first-album-in-5-years-coming-early-march-timed-to-w-e-film-superbowl-halftime/
Live Nation Buys BigChampagne, Analyzer of Consumer Data
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/live-nation-buys-bigchampagne-analyzer-of-consumer-data/
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