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Re:Pandora and Spotify Rake in the Money and Then Send It Of... by bri3d on Sunday August 26, 2012 @07:16PM (#4436627)
The problem is that there's already a promotional agency which takes a cut - the tour promoter! [0]

That industry is slowly converging to a state of brokenness near that of album-selling record labels, as Live Nation (themselves a Clear Channel spinoff) were allowed to merge with Ticketmaster in 2010 to form a unified ticketing, venue booking, and promotion cabal.

0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_promoter

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Re:Pandora and Spotify Rake in the Money and Then Send It Of... by eikenberry on Sunday August 26, 2012 @07:36PM (#4436674)
That's not a problem. That is just another player. There are tons of people taking a bite of the pie when it comes to actors. Yet they continue to make a living and so do their agents.
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