Musictoday
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MusicToday is an entertainment marketing company located in Crozet, Virginia, near Charlottesville. The company sells presale concert tickets through fan clubs for different artists. It was founded and run by Coran Capshaw, the manager of the Dave Matthews Band and CEO of Red Light Management. Its first fan club was Dave Matthews Band's Warehouse Fan Association.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}
Business model
Capshaw's business model is that of bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish, who ran mail-order presales of their concert tickets to their biggest fans. Most mail orders involved fans mailing in forms, money orders, and return postage in the event the order could not be filled. {{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} In 2005, Musictoday became the official in-arena merchandise vendor for Madison Square Garden. {{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} On August 1, 2006, it was announced that MusicToday was sold to major concert promoter Live Nation.{{cite web|last1=Waddell|first1=Ray|title=Live Nation Acquires Musictoday|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1351909/live-nation-acquires-musictoday|website=Billboard Magazine|accessdate=28 May 2017}} MusicToday became a division of Live Nation subsidiary Ticketmaster until 2014, when the merchandise e-commerce division was sold to Delivery Agent, a multi-channel e-commerce provider focused on television.{{cite web|last1=Hampp|first1=Andrew|title=Musictoday Spun Off From Live Nation, Acquired by Delivery Agent|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6207026/musictoday-spun-off-from-live-nation-acquired-by|website=Billboard Magazine|accessdate=28 May 2017}} In 2017, founder Coran Capshaw re-acquired MusicToday following the bankruptcy of Delivery Agent.{{cite web|last1=DiGiacomo|first1=Frank|title=Coran Capshaw Reacquires Musictoday, E-Commerce Site for Dave Matthews and Chris Stapleton|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7759577/coran-capshaw-reacquires-musictoday-e-commerce-merch-firm|website=Billboard Magazine|accessdate=29 May 2017}}
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External links
- [http://www.musictoday.com Musictoday official website]
- [http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/112/open_features-waybehindthemusic.html Way Behind The Music], fastcompany.com
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Category:Companies based in Virginia
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