Mark Chandler · @markchandler
287 followers · 1929 posts · Server mstdn.social

Ticketmaster wants to add $13 to a $40 concert ticket. I’d rather spend the money on the band’s merch/bandcamp.

#ticketmastermonopoly #ticketmaster #ticketmasterisascam

Last updated 2 years ago

Ursa · @UrsaAshBear
80 followers · 850 posts · Server mas.to

This is really the most pointless move. Transparency is meaningless if there's no choice in the market or ability to opt out of fees. doesn't need to hide it's ridiculous fees because you've got no other choice of tickets if you don't like theirs. They control the venues and the control the artists, and transparency is just bragging on their greed until that part gets changed.

npr.org/2023/06/15/1182373041/

#ticketmastermonopoly #ticketmaster

Last updated 2 years ago

Emily King · @emkingma
361 followers · 978 posts · Server mstdn.social

Worth a watch is Adam Conover's latest vid. (That's the "Adam Ruins Everything" Adam.)

The effects of this aren't just contained to the US by the way...

"Why Mergers Are Destroying America"

youtu.be/ayrVYwoe-DY

#monopolies #ticketmastermonopoly #hbomax #discoverywarner #mergers

Last updated 3 years ago

WeakCookies · @WeakCookies
41 followers · 278 posts · Server mas.to
william maggot̶s [IL] · @wjmaggos
976 followers · 6904 posts · Server liberal.city

Is anybody working on a decentralized ticketing app or platform co-op?

#ticketmaster #livenation #ticketmastermonopoly

Last updated 3 years ago

fcv · @fcv
60 followers · 447 posts · Server mstdn.social

@theprospect covers the many offenses done by the
+ their retaliation against “the Clinton Justice Department invited Vedder’s band Pearl Jam to be the star witness in an antitrust investigation…But no sooner had they agreed to participate in the probe than their lives began to…[unravel]…Pearl Jam’s handlers at the Department of Justice issued an unusual two-sentence press release announcing the end of its investigation.” prospect.org/power/ticketmaste

#PearlJam #ticketmastermonopoly

Last updated 3 years ago

Jorge · @kolkes
30 followers · 13 posts · Server vmst.io
DeeGee · @deegee
51 followers · 150 posts · Server mstdn.social

While her music is not meant for me or my taste, I really do admire how Taylor Swift has used her power to take on her old record label, Spotify and now Ticketmaster. Very few performing artists have attempted this and she is having great success so far. I see it as lifting up all boats.

#taylorswift #ticketmastermonopoly #musicbusiness

Last updated 3 years ago

Rob Cinos · @robcinos
186 followers · 518 posts · Server mstdn.social