![]() Since then, Songkick CEO Matt Jones has been fighting the issue via legal means, and that argument is set to continue next month, despite the fact that the company will no longer be in business. Apparently, when Songkick merged with fellow concert discovery startup CrowdSurge back in 2015, Ticketmaster hired away a one-time employee, who took with them proprietary info, which was then used to lure customers away. ![]() Songkick has been at war with music industry titans Live Nation and Ticketmaster for months, battling the massive ticketer in court. Matt Jones, who co-founded Songkick back in 2007, released a statement which has now been picked up by several news outlets, in which he explains that Songkick will effectively be out of business by the end of October, stating that the beloved ticketer, which allowed many big-name musicians to sell passes to upcoming shows directly to fans, will bow to pressure from larger figures in the industry, which has been an issue for the NYC-based firm for some time now. ![]()
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