(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) VERNON, CT, August 20 / MARKET WIRE/ --

TicketNews announces top ticket
sellers rankings for the week ending August 16, 2008.

TOP 20 OVERALL
SELLERS

At the end of the year, LiveNation's contract with
Ticketmaster will end. Shakira, Madonna and Jay-Z have already
formed deals with the company.

Last week, Ticketmaster continued to dominate the overall ticket market
with a power score of 41.12. The company will begin public trading on August 21, 2008; company
officials have stated they are positioned to offset losses by
LiveNation's departure. StubHub and TicketsNow maintained their positions
in second and third place, respectively. Live Nation was in fourth place
with a power of 8.05.

WE 08-16-08 WE 08-09-08 4 Week Avg
=============== =============== ===============
Power Power Power
Seller Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
====== ======== ====== ======== ====== ========
Ticketmaster.com 1 41.11629 1 42.39989 1 43.10916
StubHub.com 2 12.14668 2 12.47228 2 10.81599
TicketsNow.com 3 9.88274 3 8.329527 3.25 8.563639
LiveNation.com 4 8.048219 4 7.957027 3.75 7.990217
Tickets.com 5 3.97629 5 4.204788 5 4.306356
TicketLiquidator.com 6 2.213071 6 2.386135 6 2.162111
TickCo.com 7 1.395976 9 1.17751 8.5 1.267993
CoasttoCoastTickets.com 8 1.362859 7 1.536968 7.25 1.582714
RazorGator.com 9 1.20043 8 1.377672 8.75 1.287547
TicketWeb.com 10 0.903995 11 0.884124 10.75 0.934768
GoTickets.com 11 0.903934 12 0.778515 11.75 0.874706
OpenSeats.com 12 0.735737 15 0.652199 14 0.719091
TicketCity.com 13 0.723763 16 0.573866 16.75 0.602261
EventTicketsCenter.com 14 0.699134 14 0.688431 12.5 0.877889
ETix.com 15 0.669873 13 0.732222 13 0.84328
TicketSpot.com 16 0.655585 10 0.891068 13.25 0.777774
Justbuytickets.com 17 0.588923 18 0.537858 17.25 4.924616
Vividseats.com 18 0.554246 20 0.525361 17.75 0.572732
Telecharge.com 19 0.536172 17 0.559954 20 0.506295
OnlineSeats.com 20 0.528486 23 0.417006 22 0.456427

TOP 20
SECONDARY SELLERS

StubHub continued to dominate the secondary ticket market. TicketsNow and
TicketLiquidator maintained their positions in second and third places,
with power scores of 24.26 and 5.33, respectively.

WE 08-16-08 WE 08-09-08 4 Week Avg
=============== =============== ===============
Power Power Power
Seller Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
====== ======== ====== ======== ====== ========
StubHub.com 1 29.69461 1 31.52129 1 27.93292
TicketsNow.com 2 24.26494 2 21.06072 2 22.31465
TicketLiquidator.com 3 5.334839 3 5.955308 3 5.520857
TickCo.com 4 3.327317 6 2.865559 5.5 3.190901
CoasttoCoastTickets.com 5 3.221367 4 3.769304 4.25 4.035128
RazorGator.com 6 2.836538 5 3.378915 5.75 3.221473
GoTickets.com 7 2.104803 8 1.864406 7.75 2.169665
OpenSeats.com 8 1.7483 10 1.581994 9 1.810226
TicketCity.com 9 1.673286 11 1.354055 11.75 1.46429
EventTicketsCenter.com 10 1.600766 9 1.607086 8.5 2.193913
TicketSpot.com 11 1.522951 7 2.180371 8.75 1.939275
Justbuytickets.com 12 1.305357 14 1.222335 12.5 1.382493
Vividseats.com 13 1.277286 13 1.233925 12.25 1.401192
OnlineSeats.com 14 1.207207 18 0.95127 16.5 5.074402
CheapPricedTickets.com 15 1.146451 16 0.983626 15.75 1.126937
ABC Tickets.com 16 1.136131 12 1.237341 13.5 1.311165
BuyBetterTickets.com 17 1.112467 15 1.181011 15.5 1.23629
Ticketnest.com 18 0.812369 21 0.699341 20 0.806311
TicketNetwork.com 19 0.804802 20 0.758822 20.5 0.805075
TicketTango.com 20 0.786269 22 0.690097 20 5.137735

TOP 10 PRIMARY
SELLERS

Ticketmaster continued to dominate the charts this week with a power score
of 71.39. LiveNation and other ticket sellers experienced little or no
movement.

WE 08-16-08 WE 08-09-08 4 Week Avg
=============== =============== ===============

Power Power Power
Seller Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score
====== ======== ====== ======== ====== ========
Ticketmaster.com 1 71.39494 1 71.81606 1 71.79251
LiveNation.com 2 13.74768 2 13.25454 2 13.12415
Tickets.com 3 6.738111 3 6.970971 3 7.018202
TicketWeb.com 4 1.532836 4 1.46014 4.25 1.522929
ETix.com 5 1.077723 5 1.163968 4.75 1.323381
Telecharge.com 6 0.883656 6 0.896072 6 0.799165
Groovetickets.com 7 0.608348 7 0.536183 7 0.555535
Brownpapertickets.com 8 0.431661 8 0.393048 8.5 0.397061
Tix.com 9 0.425062 10 0.342532 10 0.364362
TicketsWest.com 10 0.377166 9 0.35119 10 0.358439

TicketNews.com is a comprehensive resource for news, market analysis, event
announcements, and information relating to the ticket industry.
TicketNews.com keeps industry professionals and fans informed about tour
dates, current and pending ticket resale legislation, rankings, onsales,
and more. The content is updated daily, with original articles from ten
TicketNews.com reporters and an aggregation of 3rd party sources.

TicketNews.com developed the algorithm for the exclusive weekly rankings of
the industry's ticket sellers. Top sellers rankings and power scores are
based on web traffic received by a ticket seller's website. The power score
is highly correlated with the number of transactions from the TicketNetwork
Exchange(TM), the world's largest secondary ticket market exchange. A top
seller power score illustrates a given seller's category-specific
significance. Three factors obtained from multiple independent resources,
including comScore and Hitwise, are used to compare sellers within a
particular category.

1. Number of unique visitors (IP addresses visiting a website in a 24-hour
period).

2. Number of visits (a series of one or more page requests by a visitor
without 30 consecutive minutes of inactivity).

3. Page views (the average number of unique pages viewed by a unique
visitor).

Top seller power scores should only be used to compare sellers within a
particular category. TicketNews.com also ranks the top events weekly. For
more information, visit
www.ticketnews.com/ticket_industry_rankings.

TicketNetwork is the parent company of TicketNews.com. TicketNetwork.com
provides leading-edge software that powers the world's largest ticket
exchange system. TicketNetwork Point-of-Sale(TM) software provides brokers
with comprehensive online tools to manage and grow their businesses.
TicketNetwork Exchange(TM) is a powerful ticketing tool that enables
brokers to access the world's largest aggregate ticket distribution
channel. TicketNetwork Web Services(TM) creates customized e-commerce
websites in both hosted and plug-in formats for customers wishing a private
labeled solution. TicketNetwork.com was founded in 2002 and is
headquartered in Vernon, Connecticut. For more information, visit www.TicketNetwork.com.

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