Editing Ticketmaster (section)

=== Growth and acquisitions ===
In 2015, Ticketmaster acquired Front Gate Tickets, a music festival ticketing service that provided services for festivals including [[Lollapalooza]] and [[Austin City Limits Music Festival|Austin City Limits]].<ref name=":2a">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6590823/ticketmaster-acquires-front-gate-live-nation-universe|title=Ticketmaster Acquires Festival Ticketer Front Gate|magazine=[[Billboard Magazine]]|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> The same year, the company acquired Universe, a DIY ticketing platform,<ref name=":2a" /> and [[Two Toasters]], a mobile app developer.<ref name=acquisition>{{cite web|last1=Ranii|first1=David|title=Durham's Two Toasters acquired by Ticketmaster|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article17009231.html|website=The News & Observer|accessdate=16 April 2015|date=31 March 2015}}</ref> In 2017, TicketWeb, Ticketmaster's self-service ticketing platform, acquired Strobe Labs, a marketing platform that allows users to market to fans through social media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2017/08/11/ticketmaster-buys-marketing-platform-strobe-labs.html|title=Ticketmaster buys marketing platform to help clubs engage with fans|last=Ellisngson|first=Annlee}}</ref> In 2018, Ticketmaster acquired UPGRADED, a company which converts physical tickets into digital ones, utilising [[blockchain]].<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ticketmaster-acquires-blockchain-ticketing-solution-upgraded-300732863.html|title=Ticketmaster Acquires Blockchain Ticketing Solution UPGRADED|publisher=Ticketmaster|via=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> In 2020, Ticketmaster acquired Taiwan's Tixcraft ({{lang|zh|拓元售票}}) for entering the Asian market.<ref>{{cite news|title=Live Nation’s Ticketmaster expands into Asia by acquiring Tixcraft|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2020/02/21/2003731337|date=2020-02-21|access-date=2025-02-20|last=Eddy Chang|work=Taipei Times}}</ref>