Archive for October, 2008
Ticketmaster starts to react to LiveNation
On the tail of cutting 5% of the workforce (slashing may be a bit unfair), Ticketmaster has bought the “music world’s most powerful artist-management company and install(ed) the management company’s boss at the helm of the combined company, a bid to find a new business model for an industry undergoing seismic shifts“. Some may suggest that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery“, but there are other perspectives:
“No one ever became great by imitation.” – Samuel Johnson
“The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled not only by the guarantee of the Good but also by the shudder of the Bad.” – Umberto Eco
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – Herman Melville
“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali
But the original hardman said it best when it comes to a competitor -
“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.” – Marcus Aurelius
23 October, 2008 at 9:49 pm Tim Roberts ARTS Australia 1 comment
