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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Sir HC on August 25, 2005, 09:37:00 am

Title: Are Cellar Door Concerts back?
Post by: Sir HC on August 25, 2005, 09:37:00 am
I have been getting e-mails from Cellar Door concerts about upcoming shows.  I thought they were bought out by Clear Channel years back.  Am I wrong.  Is this a way for a big company to try to appear small?  I am clueless here.
Title: Re: Are Cellar Door Concerts back?
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 25, 2005, 09:47:00 am
yup...
 
 There was an article, posted here I think, about how Clear Channel was going back to using the regional promotion companies names again in part because of higher name recognition with baby boomers for the old names.  Nostalgia sells better to those not keeping up with the times.
Title: Re: Are Cellar Door Concerts back?
Post by: MindCage on August 25, 2005, 10:36:00 am
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  yup...
 
 There was an article, posted here I think, about how Clear Channel was going back to using the regional promotion companies names again in part because of higher name recognition with baby boomers for the old names.  Nostalgia sells better to those not keeping up with the times.
You can polish a turd, but it's still a turd  :)
 
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Title: Re: Are Cellar Door Concerts back?
Post by: Bags on August 25, 2005, 11:16:00 am
Although I know that Clear Channel has spun (or is 'mid-spinning') off a large chunk of its entertainment division (live venues, like the Warner Theatre).  So it is possible that Cellar Door is not a Clear Channel company any longer...
Title: Re: Are Cellar Door Concerts back?
Post by: anarchist on August 25, 2005, 06:29:00 pm
people hate clear channel so much that they must use other names.  also cc.  i am told clear channel now programs xm + the dj's hate it.
Title: Re: Are Cellar Door Concerts back?
Post by: redsock on August 25, 2005, 10:34:00 pm
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Originally posted by anarchist:
  people hate clear channel so much that they must use other names.  also cc.  i am told clear channel now programs xm + the dj's hate it.
Who told you this? This would surprise me. I can't imagine CC having any influence over XM. Apples and oranges, for now at least.
Title: Re: Are Cellar Door Concerts back?
Post by: ggw on August 25, 2005, 11:38:00 pm
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Originally posted by redsock:
   
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Originally posted by anarchist:
  people hate clear channel so much that they must use other names.  also cc.  i am told clear channel now programs xm + the dj's hate it.
Who told you this? This would surprise me. I can't imagine CC having any influence over XM. Apples and oranges, for now at least. [/b]
Clear Channel is one of XM's main investors and a "Strategic Partner" (http://www.xmradio.com/corporate_info/strategic_partners_category.jsp?category=investment)
Title: Re: Are Cellar Door Concerts back?
Post by: ccperkdog on August 26, 2005, 08:24:00 am
Oh barf, and I was really starting to dig XM. But Clear Channel/Cellar Door wasn't fooling anyone. I get just as much spam email from Cellar Door as I did from Clear Channel, and the emails even look the same in layout and design. If they are trying to big big and act small, they need to get real basic with the promotion methods. Go back to one color, quarter sheets passed out by college students.