Tag: CrowdSurge

US Government files suit to break up Live Nation as an illegal monopoly

It's finally happening: Live Nation and Ticketmaster control at least 80% of ticketing at major concert events, the lawsuit by the Department of Justice and nearly 30 states alleges.

How Ticketmaster hacked a rival and mostly got away with it

CrowdSurge had a nice business helping artists sell pre-sale concert tickets. Then Ticketmaster took an interest in them. This is the story, told through court documents, of how the ticketing monopoly measured up, infiltrated and destroyed a rival.

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