The Government Takes On Ticketmaster

Over recent years, few companies have provoked more anger among music fans than Ticketmaster. Last week, the Department of Justice announced it was taking the business to court.
David McCabe, who covers technology policy for The Times, explains how the case could reshape America’s multibillion-dollar live music industry.
Guest: David McCabe (www.nytimes.co...) , a technology policy correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• The government is accusing Ticketmaster’s corporate parent, Live Nation Entertainment, of violating antitrust laws (www.nytimes.co...) .
• Here’s a guide to the emails at the heart of the government’s case (www.nytimes.co...) .
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (nytimes.com/the...) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

[@BobSaxon-ou7ww]

Ticket Master also manipulates the demand and artificially increases prices to match. one way they do this they don't release all tickets at the venue during the initial onsale which bumps up prices for the remaining tickets while the witheld tickets are put on the secondary market at greatly inflated prices thus scalping tickets which they are already the primary ticket seller

[@bubasmollett8610]

Van we worry about mass inflation of food, rent, and housing BEFORE concert tickets?

[@BobSaxon-ou7ww]

Honestly the first concert tickets I bought tickets for Chris deburgh in the 1990s.

[@257.4MHz]

Merrick Garland is so impotent personally that all he can take on is a ticket seller. Anything bigger than that is too hard for him.

[@CollectiveWesterner]

"What was your first concert?" MC Hammer, Boys2Men, TLC

[@KGBJACKAL]

Ticket master monopoly