Bringing Bands and Fans Together With Fabrice Sergent The internet and social media have completely remade the way we create, produce, discover and consume art. And Fabrice Sergent wants to use these digital tools to unite artists and fans in a more profound way than ever before. He is succeeding. Fabrice is the Managing Director of Bandsintown, a digital media company powered by and built for music. He also found early success in his career helping to launch Lagardere, an …

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We’ve been saying it all week — TEDxBroadway 2014 was a blast. The conference received some nice press, including Patrick Pacheco’s article, “How to Save Broadway’s Sinking Attendance,” where Goldstar CEO Jim McCarthy talks about Broadway’s failing attendance rate and the other factors, besides the rising price of the tickets, which might be the cause. Jonathan Mandell’s “10 Lessons for Theater, from TEDxBroadway 2014” offers up some wisdom and takeaways from the event itself and a diverse sampling of its …

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On behalf of Ken, Damian and the rest of the TEDxBroadway team, I’m delighted to announce another batch of speakers for TEDxBroadway 2014! Robert Lopez is a creative genius and has the Tonys to prove it. The composer of both Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, Robert’s made his bones in this world big time. In our discussions of his presentation, Robert talked about a whole range of interesting things about being a creator of something that you expect …

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Earlier today, I spent some time chatting with Carol Massar from Bloomberg TV about the future of mobile and live entertainment.

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Should you buy into this: Let’s Dance! Electronic Music Operator SFX Goes Public? I express an opinion.  

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