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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | NASDAQ: LVO |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Predecessors | Slacker LiveXLive |
Country of origin | United States |
| Founder | Rob Ellin |
| Key people | Rob Ellin (Chairman & CEO) |
| Industry |
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| Revenue |  US$77.1 million (2026)[1] |
| Net income | −US$21.0 million (2026)[1] |
| Website | liveone |
| Registration | Optional |
LiveOne (formerly known as LiveXLive) is a Los Angeles-based streaming platform that provides livestreams of concerts and festivals, curated radio stations, podcasts, and original artist video and audio content.
LiveXLive was founded by Rob Ellin[2] in 2015. It acquired Wantickets in February 2016, allowing the business to enter the music ticketing sector.[3] It lost $14.2 million in fiscal year 2016, on revenue of $225,000. In 2017, the company began signing content partnerships with internet personalities, including Amanda Cerny, King Bach, and Jake Paul,[4][5] with Cerny later named head of its talent division.[6] In August 2017, its parent company, Loton Corp, became LiveXLive Media.[7]
In September 2017, LiveXLive acquired Slacker Radio for $50 million.[8][9] When the deal closed in January 2018, Slacker had 1.5 million monthly active and 400,00 paid subscribers,[10][11] and was rebranded as LiveXLive in April 2019.[12] By the end of June 2020, it had 877,000 subscribers.[13] LiveXLive launched its IPO at the end of 2017, becoming a public company.[14][15]
In May 2018, LiveXLive signed a five-year deal with Sziget Festival to be its official livestreaming and content partner.[16] The company also introduced Live Zone, its on-site coverage experience, featuring pre- and post-show reporting.[17] By January 2019, the company had a roster of over 27 festivals, including EDC, Life Is Beautiful, HARD Summer, Rock In Rio, and Rolling Loud.[18]
Beginning in 2020, LiveXLive announced several acquisitions and new offerings as part of its effort to expand throughout the music industry. In February, the company announced the acquisition of EDM promoter React Presents for $2 million.[19] It bought PodcastOne for $18.1 million in May.[20][21] At the time, its library of 300 podcasts generated over 2.1 billion downloads per year.[22] It also launched a pay-per-view live stream offering for performances and events.[23] In June, the company launched its LiveXLive streaming app for smart TVs.[24]
As a publicly traded company, LiveXLive drew criticism when it received nearly $2 million in PPP loans from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acquiring PodcastOne after receiving the loan also put the company in danger of an audit, though LiveXLive remained committed to keeping the money.[25][26]
The company announced a content and revenue sharing partnership with Pitbull in July 2020. The deal included PPV live performances starting that fall and the launch of a video podcast on PodcastOne.[27] In October, it announced the acquisition of Addison, IL-based merch business, Custom Personalization Solutions.[28] In November, LiveXLive launched a music publishing division[29] as well as a 24/7 music channel on the free tier of Sling TV.[13]
LiveXLive acquired Modern Drummer in May 2021[30] and brand development company Gramophone Media, Inc. in June.[31] Also in June, the company produced and distributed the controversial Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms pay-per-view event that pit YouTube and TikTok influencers against one another.[32][33] LiveXLive quickly followed up with an all-female event called Self Made KO.[34]
In September 2021, the company announced its rebrand from LiveXLive to LiveOne.[35] React Presents was rebranded as ReactOne and Slacker Radio became SlackerOne. The company's pay-per-view business was spun out as a separate public company, PPVOne.[36] At this time, the company had streamed 1,800 artists since January 2020, and boasted a library of nearly 30 million songs, 500 curated radio stations, and hundreds of pay-per-view channels.[37]
In June 2022, US performance rights organization SoundExchange sued Slacker, Inc. and LiveOne over unpaid royalties. The lawsuit claimed that Slacker had stopped paying statutory royalties to creators in 2017, after the acquisition by LiveOne (then LiveXLive).[38] On October 13, the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered Slacker and LiveOne to pay $9.7 million in unpaid royalties.[39]
In May 2023, a press release announced a proposed plan for the company to acquire certain IP assets from the Kast Media, podcasting network.[40] However, it was later revealed that Kast was not paying its creators when multiple podcasters spoke out against the company. A report from The Verge detailed that the deal would have involved Kast paying a portion of the ad revenue owed if the creators agreed to a deal to join PodcastOne's network.[41]
Starting in 2022, LiveOne planned to spin off PodcastOne and Slacker Radio as separate companies.[42] In September 2023, PodcastOne was officially spun out,[43] but its stock price quickly tumbled following the Kast Media allegations.[41] Plans for Slacker to be merged with a special-purpose acquisition company were scrapped in October.[44]
For years, the company's streaming app was included in Tesla's Premium Connectivity subscription. However, this changed starting in December 2024. As a result of the company losing a significant revenue stream, LiveOne's stock price fell by 23% when the change was announced in October.[45] But the company rolled out discounted premium options and a free tier for Tesla users,[46][47] and by the end of the year, LiveOne had 450,000 listeners, claiming that user engagement actually increased.[48] By April 2025, the company had 1.5 million subscribers.[49]
Following the sale of Napster for $207 million, LiveOne announced in April 2025 that it would explore strategic options for the company that could include selling itself or its podcasting and streaming divisions.[50]
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LiveOne (formerly known as LiveXLive) is a Los Angeles-based streaming platform that provides livestreams of concerts and festivals, curated radio stations, podcasts, and original artist video and audio content.
David Kenneth Schulhof is an American music industry executive and investor. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the MUSQ Global Music Industry ETF, an exchange-traded fund focused on companies involved in the music industry. Schulhof was president of music publishing at LiveOne and president of music at AGC Studios and IM Global Studios. He is also the co-founder and former chief executive officer of Evergreen Copyright Acquisitions and is a member of the New York State Bar.
American entertainer Britney Spears has received numerous industry awards and honorary accolades. She was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame at age 21, making her the youngest artist in the recording industry to be awarded a star. She has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards and six American Music Awards, winning one from each of these and she has won nine Billboard Music Awards from 22 nominations, including the Millennium Award in 2016. Upon their release, Spears's first two studio albums, ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), achieved commercial success and made her the best-selling teenage artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records. Though both albums received mixed critical response, the former won a Billboard Music Award and a Teen Choice Award, while the latter won two Billboard Music Awards. In 2001, Spears released her self-titled third studio album, Britney. The album earned two Grammy nominations—Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Overprotected". The following year, Spears made her feature film debut with a leading role in Crossroads (2002), which was a box office success. However, the film received negative reviews from film critics, and Spears won Worst Actress at the 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards and Worst Original Song for "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman". Her fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003), included "Toxic", which won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. In 2007, Spears released her fifth studio album, Blackout, for which she won Album of the Year at the MTV Europe Music Awards and International Album at the NRJ Music Awards. The album was added to the library and archives of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The following year, she released her sixth album, Circus, which included the lead single "Womanizer". It won International Video of the Year at the 10th NRJ Music Awards. The song was also nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2009, she released the greatest hits album The Singles Collection, and the song "3" from the album debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the seventh female artist to achieve this milestone. In the same year, she was named the youngest female to have five number-one studio albums in the US by Guinness World Records. At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, Spears was awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, becoming the third woman to win it. She also won Best Pop Video for "Till the World Ends", making her the only artist to receive this award three times. Spears previously held the record for most Teen Choice Awards with 11 wins before being surpassed by Taylor Swift in 2011. Spears was awarded the Icon Award by the Teen Choice Awards in 2015, Music Choice Awards in 2016, and Radio Disney Music Awards in 2017. She also received a Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2018. In 2020, Rolling Stone named her debut single "...Baby One More Time" as the greatest debut single of all time, and listed Blackout at number 441 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ranking.
Lynval Golding (born 24 July 1951) is a Jamaican-born British musician. His family moved from Jamaica to Gloucester, before moving to Coventry when he was eighteen. He is currently living in Gig Harbor, Washington. He is best known as a rhythm guitarist and vocalist with the British 2-tone band, the Specials. He went on to co-found Fun Boy Three with Terry Hall and Neville Staple., and then joined the Coventry group After Tonite. He was also in the short-lived group Pauline Black With Sunday Best, which also included Neville Staple and members of After Tonite. In 1990, Golding joined former members of The Specials and The Beat to form Special Beat. He joined a reconstituted Specials lineup from 1993 to 1998. In 2006, he toured the U.S. with The Beat, a reunion version of another second wave ska band. He started a band in Seattle, Stiff Upper Lips, and also started playing with UK group Pama International. In 2007, he appeared live at the Glastonbury Festival on the Pyramid Stage with Lily Allen and fellow Specials / Fun Boy Three band member Terry Hall. He also played on the Park Stage, once again with Terry Hall and also Blur frontman Damon Albarn and beatboxer Shlomo, playing a version of The Specials hit "A Message To You, Rudy". These appearances led to a full-fledged Specials reunion, and Lynval remained with them until their dissolution in 2022. Stiff Upper Lip broke up along the way, but was re-formed as Gigantor in 2013. He continues to tour with both Gigantor and Pama International.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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