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TicketManager has been chosen for the prestigious Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies by Inc. Magazine for the third year in a row. Companies invest over $600 billion taking clients to events each year, but struggle to manage tickets, approval processes, and...

TicketManager, whose web and mobile apps make it easy for companies to take clients to events and prove the ROI, has been named one of LA’s Best Places to Work by LA Business Journal for the third year in a row. This recognition is the latest in a series of...

STAPLES Center to provide clients with award-winning tech to track tickets and measure benefits of sports tickets and suites STAPLES Center and TicketManager have entered into a partnership to provide sponsors an easy way to manage tickets and suites and measure the...

A senior Olympic executive from Ireland was arrested and taken to the hospital Wednesday after police carried out a raid at his beachfront hotel as part of an investigation into illegal sale of tickets for the Rio de Janeiro Games.

Jul 12, 2016 U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s office charged five current and former employees of a proxy solicitation firm on Tuesday with conspiring to bribe a formerInstitutional Shareholder Services employee in Boston whom Ortiz’s office targeted last year.

July 1, 2016  Wondering why it's so difficult to find a concert ticket? A Star Tribune analysis shows how Minnesotans are being shut out of the hottest concerts in a “ticketing epidemic.”

June 30, 2016  On Monday, the New York Yankees publicly divorced Ticketmaster in favor of StubHub as its official fan-to-fan resale partner. Ticketmaster will still be the official primary-market site of the team, but for anyone looking to resell a ticket to a Yankees...

June 27, 2016  The Yankees and StubHub ended a multiyear feud on Monday with the announcement of a partnership through 2022 that reportedly will net the club $100 million.

January 27, 2016 USA Today Sports New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced an investigation into ticketing. The investigation will likely shine a light on how the ticket industry really works, and why consumers have no chance. In this two-part...

January 27, 2016 USA Today Sports New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced an investigation into ticketing. The investigation will likely shine a light on how tickets really work, and why consumers have no chance to acquire them at a fair price...

November 30, 2015 Business Wire TicketManager, the leading provider of ticket and invitation management applications for companies of all sizes, has been recognized as one of the 2015 Fastest Growing Companies in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal…

November 5, 2015 Business Wire Entertaining customers is supposed to be entertaining and lead to business growth. TicketManager, the leading provider of ticket and invitation management applications for companies of all sizes, aims to bring all aspects of customer...

Sports Business Daily Volkswagen will be forced to reconsider its sports sponsorships following the company’s cheating scandal, according to a sports management professor. The German car manufacturer has been embroiled in a wide-ranging scandal…

August 20, 2015 St. Louis Post-Dispatch The Missouri Supreme Court has denied the final appeal of police officers who wanted to block release of department records in the 2006 World Series ticket scandal, their lawyer confirmed Wednesday…

August 11, 2015 United States Department of Justice A doctor with practices in Nassau County, New York, was charged today with accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services...

July 9, 2015 FBI A former employee of one of the country’s leading proxy advisory firms pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to conspiring over a six-year period to provide confidential information about how the firm’s clients had voted on numerous...

April 23, 2015 Mashable Instead of looking for weapons deals and on-the-ground movement plans, predictive algorithms can spot shady bankers by tracking their emails when they talk about tickets to sports events and concerts. Cutting-edge analytics systems frown upon...

March 6, 2015 ESPN The first class action lawsuit involving the fallout from the Super Bowl XLIX ticket shortage has hit the courts...

February 28, 2015 The Seattle Times The Washington attorney general’s office has fielded numerous complaints from football fans who spent thousands of dollars on tickets that never came…

September 04, 2014 Fox Business A former senior vice president of a supermarket chain who sold more than $1.2 million worth of concert and sports tickets meant for the store for his own gain has been sentenced to three years in prison…  

June 19, 2014 International Business Times When Spain was eliminated from the 2014 World Cup in a heartbreaking 2-0 loss to Chile on Wednesday, it dealt a major blow not only to Spaniards’ self-esteem…

June 19, 2014 Wall Street Journal Los Angeles-area tech venture Spotlight Ticket Management Inc. raised $6 million in Series A funding from Point Judith Capital, Coyote Ridge Ventures and City National, according to Chief Executive Tony Knopp. Earlier the company...

June 5, 2014 Albuquerque Business Journal Buy a club seat or a suite for the next Lobos basketball game and you’ll also get access to “How to pass an audit in 90 seconds” or “Avoiding the legal pitfalls of sports…

May 19, 2014 USA Today Sports The National Guard is wasting $56 million a year on NASCAR and IndyCar sponsorship according to U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), chairman of the …

May 1, 2014 Yahoo Sports Whether taking over in the chair of a legend, following a legend onstage, or assuming an office after a beloved leader, we’ve all heard the saying “a tough act to follow.” …

April 16, 2014 USA Today If you’ve ever attended a sporting event, concert, festival, or even inauguration, odds are you purchased your access and were issued a ticket. What seems simple is, in fact, …

March 18, 2014 Forbes For corporate execs looking to parlay entertainment spending into revenue, it doesn’t get any better than March Madness. The one comparable event, the Super Bowl…

February 13, 2013 Yahoo Sports From the time Sochi was selected as host of the 2014 Olympics, corporations were hesitant about going there. Too many toos. Too unknown. Too far. Too costly …

January 30, 2014 Los Angeles Times If you watch Clayton Kershaw pitch a no-hitter at Dodger Stadium this year, you can pretty much forget about saving your game ticket. The Dodgers are just about…

January 28, 2014 USA Today NEW YORK — At this time a year ago, there was speculation the Super Bowl in New York could be the priciest ticket ever. But brokers said Monday the market for the…

January 25, 2014 NorthJersey.com Predictions of record ticket demand for the Feb. 2 Meadowlands Super Bowl — on the theory that a game in the shadow of the nation’s largest city would trump…

January 15, 2014 89.3 KPCC The Forum in Inglewood has its grand re-opening Wednesday night with the first of six concerts by The Eagles. The Madison Square Garden Company bought the…

Sports events from the Super Bowl to the Olympics provide a high level of engagement and entertainment to corporate gatherings. December 13, 2013 Successful Meetings It’s a situation where both sides — employee and manager or client and service provider — feel like...

December 5, 2013 Sports Business Daily California-based Spotlight TMS, which manages corporate ticket sales for a variety of entities, has struck a partnership with Ticketmaster to become directly…

October 29, 2013 IT Business Net When the NBA tips off the 2013 season, arenas around the country will be packed with companies and VIP guests leveraging the power of the NBA to drive business. …

October 23, 2013 International Business Times The 2014 Super Bowl is going to be an expensive one, with top ticket prices double what they were last year, and banks and financial firms taking almost half of the top…

October 20, 2013 NorthJersey.com Every year, no matter where the Super Bowl is played, the high-ranking and well-paid executives of the financial-services industry are a prominent presence among…

October 8, 2013 Broadway World Air Canada Centre, Joe Louis Arena, Pepsi Center and Scotiabank Saddledome host NHL teams that compete with each other in the Toronto Maple Leafs…

September 19, 2013 Penn Live STATE COLLEGE – It’s become arguably the most popular acronym among Penn State football fans. After mentioning the four letters fans usually roll their eyes…

September 5, 2013 InfoTECH News When the Cincinnati Bengals open their home schedule on Monday Night Football against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the suites and stands will be full of VIP guests looking…

The average NFL ticket costs $203.75. Here’s how to get in on the action – without going broke August 22, 2013 US News Baseball season is in full swing, and football season kicks off in September. While sports fans may be excited to cheer on their favorite teams,...

August 13, 2013 CIO Magazine As consumers eschew desktops and laptops for smartphones and tablets, organizations are increasingly tasked with developing apps for those mobile devices. These apps…

June 24, 2013 Yahoo Sports As long as the colors red and blue have been synonymous with political dividing lines, they have had a prominent place in sports history. The colors famously divided…

June 4, 2013 Latino Post The business of soccer, or football as it is known to the rest of the world, attracted nearly $4.5 billion in global sponsorships in 2012–two-thirds greater than in 2011…

April 25, 2013 Yahoo Sports Who owns a sports ticket? A California Assembly Committee met this week to debate a bill that could determine the fate of ticket “ownership” in a high-profile battle…

March 8, 2013 Fox Business College seniors who have sent out resumes and interviewed with hiring managers might be ready to sit back and hope for a job offer, but their application process is far…

March 29, 2013 Business News Daily Honus Wagner (retired 1917), shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates— According to legend, despite being the most prolific offensive middle infielder of his time…

March 20, 2013 Yahoo Sports The Final Four is a business. It is a big business with corporate sponsors, local hotels, restaurants, and yes, even ticket brokers, relying on it for a living.…

March 14, 2013 Digital Journal SpotlightTMS, the leader in sports ticket management, has designed an easy-to-use online sports ticket calculator to assist corporations as they prepare for spring and…

March 4, 2013 Interview questions: Everyone has them. And everyone wishes they had better ones. So I asked smart people from a variety of fields for their favorite interview question, and more important, why it's their favorite, and what it tells them about the...

February 19, 2013 89.3 KPCC Southern California and the sports world are lamenting the death of Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers owner who died early Monday morning. He left a legacy…

February 6, 2013 The Business of Sports Earlier this week, the Association of Luxury Suite Directors (ALSD) released a comprehensive report on The Corporate Ticket Marketplace…

January 31, 2013 Silicon Valley Business Journal Does your company have season tickets for the Sharks, the Niners, the Giants or the Earthquakes? You’re not alone; companies worldwide spent more than…

January 28, 2013 Forbes Self-described “real” football fans often decry the Super Bowl as a corporate feast which leaves those passionate types like themselves to watch on television.…

January 25, 2013 Fox Business Spotlight Ticket Management’s Tom Knopp gives an inside look at the corporate ticket buying culture....

January 18, 2013 The Boston Globe During the NHL lockout, disgruntled Bruins fans could be heard claiming to give up on the league forever. But now that the labor dispute is over, some supporters are…

Sports Business Journal With the NHL lockout coming to an end, it is “going to take a lot more than a couple of lame words of contrition painted on NHL rinks to get fans to forget…

Some fans say they have moved on for this season, but for others, half a season is still better than none. January 7, 2012 Start Tribune The Minnesota Wild is headed back to the ice, but Sunday’s tentative deal to end the 113-day National Hockey League lockout leaves...

January, 1, 2013 89.3 KPCC The National Hockey League lockout continues. The NHL and its players’ association returned to contract talks on the last day of 2012 hoping to save some part of the season…

December 12, 2012 CBS Sports The big question now in negotiations is: Is there any more room to bend for either side? Or, put another way, has Donald Fehr pushed the NHL as far as it will go…

December 12, 2012 Hockey BuzzAll World goalie, and all around great guy, Henrik Lundqvist wants to play hockey in front of his fans. He’s not alone. 750 NHLPA members want the same things that...

December 11, 2012 The New York Times During the last 20 years, the N.H.L. has lost nearly 10 percent of its scheduled games to labor disruptions, a rate of cancellation more than three times greater than any other…

December 10, 2012 Workplace HR & Safety When the time comes to cut costs, tickets and luxury suites are a popular target. But they shouldn’t be, and here’s why. Corporate sports ticket programs can bring in new…

November 15, 2012 Examiner The best part about being a corporate sponsor for major sporting events is getting tickets to the best seats in the house! But when companies sponsor multiple teams…