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| name = Eventful
| logo = Eventful logo.png
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| foundation = {{start date and age|2004}}
| founder = Brian Dear
| location_city = [[San Diego, California]]
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| parent = [[Audacy, Inc.]]
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'''Eventful''' is an online calendar and events discovery service owned by [[Audacy, Inc.]] The service allows users to search for and track upcoming entertainment events in their area<ref>{{Cite web|title=EVENTFUL GETS PERSONAL WITH NEW iPHONE APP DELIVERING WHAT'S HAPPENING, NEAR YOU, NOW|url=https://news.cision.com/eventful/r/eventful-gets-personal-with-new-iphone-app-delivering-what-s-happening--near-you--now,c9393157|access-date=2020-09-07|website=News Powered by Cision|date=28 March 2013 |language=en}}</ref> (such as concerts, festivals, and film presentations) involving specific performers, indicate and share their intent to attend certain events, and indicate their "demand" for certain acts to appear in their region.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eventful 2.0 Gives Its 20M Users A Personalized List Of Everything Going On Nearby|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/27/events-nearby-app-eventful/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref> As of February 2021, the site has been replaced by a link to Entercom's radio.com site, which includes a limited music-event-listing functionality.
==Functionality==
Users can search for events worldwide by time, location, performer, and descriptive [[Index term|keyword]]. Users can create private or public calendars, including "smart" calendars which automatically update when events matching search criteria are added or existing events are modified. As of July 2007, the company claimed it had approximately 4 million future events in its search engine index.<ref name=4milevents>{{cite news |last=Wong |first=Grace |url= https://money.cnn.com/2007/08/03/technology/eventful/?postversion=2007080308 |title =Eventful serves up what's on |work=CNNMoney.com | date=2007-08-03}}</ref> Users can optionally share their intention of attending an event with friends, and designate their favorite performers and venues to be used for recommendations.
''Eventful Demand'' allows users to declare an event or performance they would like to see locally, and then campaign for others to join their "demand". Statistics from "demands" can be used by event organizers to gauge interest in holding an event in that location.
An [[API]] is provided to use Eventful information in other programs and websites, such as [[Mashup (web application hybrid)|mashups]], as well as to load new or modify existing data about events, venues, or performers.
==History==
Eventful, was founded as EVDB, Inc. in January 2004 in [[La Jolla, California]], by Brian Dear, a veteran of [[eBay]], the late-90s [[Mp3.com]], and early consumer-[[Linux]] startup [[Eazel]]. A public beta test under the name EVDB.com was launched in March 2005, and the service changed its name to Eventful.com in September 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eventful.com Advertising Mediakits, Reviews, Pricing, Traffic, Rate Card Cost|url=https://www.thalamus.co/ad_partners/eventful-com|access-date=2020-09-07|website=www.thalamus.co}}</ref>
In 2008, a number of notable users of the Demand system began to emerge; various campaigns during the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]] used the system, most notably [[John Edwards]],<ref name=edwards2>{{cite news |last=Stirland|first=Sarah|url=https://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/09/eventful_edwards|title=Tiny Town Blazes New Campaign Trail, Using Social Network|work=Wired.com|date=2007-09-24}}</ref> In 2009, Eventful was notably used in relation to the film ''[[Paranormal Activity]]''; its director [[Oren Peli]] invited users to vote for where the film would be screened next on its [[limited release]] by utilizing the Demand system.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/business/media/21paranormal.html?_r=3 |title=Thriller on Tour Lets Fans Decide on the Next Stop|first=Michael|last=Cieply|access-date=2009-09-20 | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=2009-09-21}}</ref> Twelve of the thirteen venues sold out.<ref name="latimes2">{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/09/paranormal-activity-expanding-after-selling-out-nearly-all-midnight-shows.html |title='Paranormal Activity' expanding after selling out nearly all midnight shows| first=Ben|last=Fritz |access-date=2009-09-27 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=2009-09-27}}</ref>
The company announced in June 2012 that the service had grown to over 20 million users.<ref name=20million>{{cite web|title=Eventful Tops 20 Million Registered Users|url=http://about.eventful.com/archives/2012/06/eventful_tops_2.html|access-date=2012-07-27}}</ref> In July 2014, Eventful was acquired by [[CBS Corporation]] through its Local Media division for an undisclosed amount. The purchase aligned the service with the company's [[CBS Radio|radio station group]] and its own local event strategies.<ref name=billboard-cbseventful>{{cite magazine|title=CBS Local Media Acquires Eventful, Inc.|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6177358/cbs-local-media-acquires-eventful-inc|access-date=4 December 2014|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> The service was then spun off with the rest of CBS Radio into CBS Radio's merger with [[Entercom]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/entercom-can-keep-cbs-digital-portals-for-now/article_e66f6f8c-f291-11e6-820a-df14758cc7b7.htm|title=Entercom Can Keep CBS Digital Portals—For Now.|work=Insideradio.com|access-date=2017-11-17|language=en}}</ref>
In early January 2024, it was announced that Eventful's parent company Audacy would be preparing to file for bankruptcy within the upcoming weeks. On January 7, 2024, Audacy filed for [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] protection. As part of the bankruptcy reorganization, Audacy has made a deal with its creditors to transfer control to them while cutting approximately $1.6 billion of its debt.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/radio-broadcaster-audacy-files-for-bankruptcy-28396cb2|title=Radio broadcaster Audacy files for bankruptcy|date=January 7, 2024|access-date=January 7, 2024|website=The Wall Street Journal|language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Upcoming]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.audacy.com/eventful}}
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