LiveDaily

{{Short description|Entertainment site}}

{{notability|Web|date=January 2012}}

{{self-published|date=January 2012}}

LiveDaily was a music and entertainment site owned by Ticketmaster,{{cite web | url=http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/News_and_Media/?o=a | title=Music News and Media | publisher=Yahoo! Directory | accessdate=2008-10-22 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221143414/http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/News_and_Media/?o=a | archivedate=2007-02-21 }} created in 1998 and seen in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom.{{cite web | url=http://www.ticketmaster.ca/h/businesses.html | title=About Ticketmaster | publisher=Ticketmaster | accessdate=2008-10-22}} It provided news updates, tour announcements, and ticketing information relative to Ticketmaster. Its news reports were used by media entities such as MTV News{{cite news | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425179/19991222/backstreet_boys.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108070924/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425179/19991222/backstreet_boys.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 8, 2010 | title=Backstreet Boys Ask eBay To Pull Ticket Sales | publisher=MTV News | date=1999-12-22 | accessdate=2008-10-22}}{{cite news | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429388/20000229/ghostface_killah.jhtml | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129050649/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429388/20000229/ghostface_killah.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 29, 2013 | title=Ghostface Killah May Hit The Road | publisher=MTV News | date=2000-02-29 | accessdate=2008-10-22}} and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.{{cite news | url=http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-blender/the-blender/2008/10/gretchen-wilson-delays-fourth-cd/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203130638/http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-blender/the-blender/2008/10/gretchen-wilson-delays-fourth-cd/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-02-03 | title=Gretchen Wilson delays fourth CD | newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch | date=2008-10-15 | accessdate=2008-10-22}} It also provided artist interviews, record and show reviews, and a music fan Internet forum. As of October 2008, livedaily.com claimed to have nearly one million visitors per month.{{cite press release | url=http://au.us.biz.yahoo.com/pz/081014/152154.html | title=Ticketmaster Presents: 'LiveDaily Sessions' | publisher=Yahoo! Finance | date=2008-10-14 | accessdate=2008-10-22 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

It also included LiveDaily Sessions, a video showcase for touring acts that especially emphasizes upcoming artists.

On May 18, 2010, LiveDaily closed their forums, a long-standing staple of the site for undisclosed business reasons.{{cite web | url=http://talk.livedaily.com/showthread.php?t=699175 | title=vBulletin Message | publisher=livedaily.com | accessdate=2010-05-18}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} On May 21, 2010, LiveDaily ceased publication, with a message on their website reading, "LiveDaily takes its final bow".{{cite web | url=http://www.livedaily.com/ | title=LiveDaily takes its final bow | publisher=livedaily.com | date=2010-05-21 | accessdate=2010-05-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524110739/http://www.livedaily.com/ | archive-date=2010-05-24 | url-status=dead }}

On May 24, 2010, LiveDaily's editorial team announced the launch of SoundSpike.com, a publication promising to provide similar content to LiveDaily.{{cite web | url=http://www.soundspike.com/news/article/1-editor_s_note__welcome_to_soundspike.html | title=Editor's note: Welcome to SoundSpike | publisher=soundspike.com | date=2010-05-24 | accessdate=2010-05-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528002411/http://www.soundspike.com/news/article/1-editor_s_note__welcome_to_soundspike.html | archive-date=2010-05-28 | url-status=dead }} The forums from LiveDaily also re-opened at a new domain, AfterLD.com. The forum domain no longer works.