LiveDaily explained
LiveDaily was a music and entertainment site owned by Ticketmaster,[1] created in 1998 and seen in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom.[2] It provided news updates, tour announcements, and ticketing information relative to Ticketmaster.[1] Its news reports were used by media entities such as MTV News[3] [4] and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.[5] It also provided artist interviews, record and show reviews, and a music fan Internet forum.[1] [2] As of October 2008, livedaily.com claimed to have nearly one million visitors per month.[6]
It also included LiveDaily Sessions, a video showcase for touring acts that especially emphasizes upcoming artists.[6]
On May 18, 2010, LiveDaily closed their forums, a long-standing staple of the site for undisclosed business reasons.[7] On May 21, 2010, LiveDaily ceased publication, with a message on their website reading, "LiveDaily takes its final bow".[8]
On May 24, 2010, LiveDaily's editorial team announced the launch of SoundSpike.com, a publication promising to provide similar content to LiveDaily.[9] The forums from LiveDaily also re-opened at a new domain, AfterLD.com. The forum domain no longer works.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Music News and Media . . 2008-10-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070221143414/http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/News_and_Media/?o=a . 2007-02-21 .
- Web site: About Ticketmaster . . 2008-10-22.
- News: Backstreet Boys Ask eBay To Pull Ticket Sales . https://web.archive.org/web/20100108070924/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425179/19991222/backstreet_boys.jhtml . dead . January 8, 2010 . . 1999-12-22 . 2008-10-22.
- News: Ghostface Killah May Hit The Road . https://archive.today/20130129050649/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429388/20000229/ghostface_killah.jhtml . dead . January 29, 2013 . . 2000-02-29 . 2008-10-22.
- News: Gretchen Wilson delays fourth CD . https://archive.today/20130203130638/http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-blender/the-blender/2008/10/gretchen-wilson-delays-fourth-cd/ . dead . 2013-02-03 . . 2008-10-15 . 2008-10-22.
- Ticketmaster Presents: 'LiveDaily Sessions' . . 2008-10-14 . 2008-10-22 .
- Web site: vBulletin Message . livedaily.com . 2010-05-18.
- Web site: LiveDaily takes its final bow . livedaily.com . 2010-05-21 . 2010-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100524110739/http://www.livedaily.com/ . 2010-05-24 . dead .
- Web site: Editor's note: Welcome to SoundSpike . soundspike.com . 2010-05-24 . 2010-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528002411/http://www.soundspike.com/news/article/1-editor_s_note__welcome_to_soundspike.html . 2010-05-28 . dead .