TiqIQ launches 100% free ticket marketplace for fans (think Craigslist, except it doesn’t suck)

Today TiqIQ is launching SellerDirect, a new "more civilized" way to sell tickets to same-day games, events, and concerts. It's like Craigslist but with identity verification and details like the view from your seat.

Ebay-owned StubHub acquires Zvents for event listings

Ticketing giant StubHub, owned by eBay, has acquired local event-discovery and promotion service Zvents, according to eBay’s internal employee blog eBayInk. Exact terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Zvents, founded in 2005, lets users to find out what events …