Pandora could be close to paying $450 million for an American concert-ticket startup
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While Ticketmaster still dwarfs Ticketfly - as well as every other company in the ticketing industry - Ticketfly does pretty well and handles ticket sales for performances at smaller venues and clubs where fans can get an intimate live-music experience.
Rather than just selling tickets, Ticketfly's platform also handles marketing and analytics for the venues it serves. Ticketfly sold $500 million (£326 million) in tickets in 2014.
According to Re/code's sources, Pandora intends to pay for Ticketfly with a combination of cash and stock. Ticketfly raised a $50 million (£32 million) Series D round last summer, which brought its total funding up to a reported $87 million.
So far, Pandora has made all of its revenue from its radio-streaming service. It actually beat second-quarter revenue expectations thanks to solid advertising growth on its free, ad-supported tier, which grew 30% year-over-year. Its local advertising business increased by 67% as well.
The music-streaming service's revenue clocked in at $285.6 million (£186 million) for the second quarter, just over the $283 million (£185 million) expected. But Pandora is still struggling with profitability because it has to pass along most of its revenue to music owners, and it actually lost $16.1 million (£10.5 million) overall in Q2.
We have reached out to Pandora and Ticketfly for comment on this story.
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