this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023
879 points (99.3% liked)

Technology

59106 readers
5446 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s
[email protected]
[email protected]
L4s
enu
879
Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn't “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress (www.vice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn't “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress::A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn't “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 136 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Ticketmaster/Live Nation is one of the most blatant monopolies in all of history. They should be torn to shreds.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm shocked it's been allowed. They have been a monopoly for decades.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Since the 1980s

[–] kWazt 7 points 11 months ago

Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged in 2010. Why the merger was greenlit in the first place is beyond me.

load more comments (5 replies)