What Entertainment Business does

EB & LIVE is a Dutch B2B media platform serving the live entertainment and music industry in the Netherlands and Belgium. The company positions itself as the daily business platform for news, background analysis, and industry connections across festivals, venues, production, technology, ticketing, sustainability, artist management, labels, publishing, streaming, and retail. Its audience comprises festival organizers, venue operators, production companies, labels, publishers, artists, agencies, and service providers in the Dutch-speaking live entertainment sector.

The product portfolio comprises four integrated offerings: a daily news website at eb.live covering Dutch and international industry developments across more than ten vertical sections; a quarterly glossy magazine (EB & LIVE Magazine) with in-depth interviews and dossiers distributed in print, digital, and online archive formats; a free daily email newsletter delivering a morning briefing of B2B industry news; and EB & JOBS, a dedicated job board sub-brand for live entertainment sector vacancies. The source material explicitly states no proprietary technology is associated with the platform; the offering is content-driven rather than technology-driven, relying on editorial coverage and industry relationships rather than software infrastructure, APIs, or AI systems.

EB & LIVE operates as an independent privately held trade publication. No parent company, institutional investors, funding rounds, management team bios, acquisitions, or regulatory actions are disclosed. Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed but appear to derive from a combination of magazine subscriptions, job board listings (free and premium tiers), advertising/sponsorship, and partnership arrangements. Distribution is regional to the Netherlands and Belgium, delivered through digital (website, newsletter, digital magazine, job platform) and physical (print magazine) channels. The company holds no disclosed patents, trademarks, or certifications.

Name

Entertainment Business

Legal name

EB & LIVE

Website

https://entertainmentbusiness.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EB & LIVE is a Dutch B2B media platform providing daily news, a quarterly magazine, newsletter, and job board for live entertainment and music industry professionals in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Media and Industry News

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Newsletters & Email-Based News Publishers (B2B/B2C) (MPAJADAJ)

Keywords

• Live entertainment news
• Music industry news
• Event industry media
• Entertainment job board
• Industry trade publication

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EB & LIVE is a daily Dutch-language B2B news and information platform for the live entertainment and music industry, publishing original articles, dossiers, and interviews on festivals, venues, production, technology, ticketing, sustainability, labels, publishing, and streaming. It bundles these editorial products with a quarterly glossy magazine, a daily email newsletter, and a specialized job board (EB & JOBS) to deliver news, background analysis, networking touchpoints, and recruitment services to industry professionals.

Product overview

EB & LIVE is a unified media platform consisting of a daily B2B news website covering the Dutch live entertainment and music industry, a quarterly glossy magazine (EB & LIVE Magazine), a job board (EB & JOBS), and a daily newsletter. The platform serves industry professionals with news across festivals, venues, production, technology, ticketing, and music industry topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EB & JOBS: Job board section of the EB & LIVE platform for entertainment industry vacancies

Products and services

• EB & LIVE (daily news platform) A daily Dutch-language B2B news platform publishing original articles, background stories, and industry analysis across festivals, venues, production, technology, ticketing, sustainability, labels, publishing, and streaming for live entertainment and music industry professionals.
• EB & LIVE Magazine A quarterly glossy magazine featuring in-depth interviews, dossiers, and background stories from the Dutch live entertainment and music industry, available in print and digital formats with online archive access for subscribers.
• EB & JOBS A specialized job board platform for the live entertainment sector, offering daily updated vacancy listings for industry professionals, available with free and premium listing options for employers and job seekers.
• EB & LIVE Daily Newsletter A free daily email newsletter delivering the most important B2B live entertainment and music industry news directly to subscribers' inboxes as a morning briefing.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• The Butcher / The Entourage GroupminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 August 2026The Butcher (part of The Entourage Group) serves as F&B partner for LatinVillage Festival 2026. First-time collaboration with the festival at Spaarnwoude Park featuring an own food truck presence.
• TicketSwapminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 July 2026TicketSwap appointed as official resale partner for Reeperbahn Festival 2026. The partnership introduces an official secondary ticket marketplace enabling festival visitors to safely buy and sell tickets.
• Stad AntwerpenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDutch developer Martijn Zijlstra's blokkenschema.nl selected by City of Antwerp for digital timetables at major city events. Provides online schedule information for over ten events annually including Bollekesfeest, Museumnacht, Dakkan, and Winter in Antwerpen.
• MARS WorldwideminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic collaboration with Groove Music Productions focused on artist development. Partnership aims to develop emerging musical talent through joint initiatives.
• Groove Music ProductionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic collaboration with MARS Worldwide focused on artist development. Partnership aims to develop emerging musical talent through joint initiatives.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Music Week: Established UK-based B2B music industry trade title with daily news, a print magazine, and jobs board; serves a broader music-industry remit than EB & LIVE but operates an identical product stack.
• Variety: Long-standing B2B entertainment industry trade covering music, live, media, and technology — adjacent to EB & LIVE's remit but with a much wider entertainment-industry footprint.
• Billboard: Global music-industry trade publication with daily news, charts, magazine, and newsletters; a much larger incumbent operating across the same music-and-entertainment vertical as EB & LIVE.

Direct peers

• Music Business Worldwide: Daily B2B news outlet covering the global music industry across labels, streaming, live, and rights — comparable as a digital-first B2B music news brand with newsletter monetization.
• Pollstar: The leading B2B trade publication covering the global live entertainment and concert industry, with daily news, a paid newsletter, ticketing data, and a Boxoffice trade magazine — the closest international analog to EB & LIVE's niche positioning.
• IQ Magazine: International B2B magazine and news service for the live entertainment industry covering venues, promoters, production, and ticketing; directly comparable as a trade title serving the same vertical as EB & LIVE.
• VenuesNow: B2B publication covering live entertainment venues, ticketing, and event production with a dedicated news site and print edition — overlapping heavily with EB & LIVE's coverage of podia, locaties, and ticketing.

Emerging players

• Music Ally: Digital-first B2B news and research outfit focused on the music-tech and digital music sectors; smaller and more niche than Music Week but overlapping with EB & LIVE's coverage of streaming, rights, and ticketing technology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/entertainment-business

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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