Tag: ticketmaster

FTC sues Ticketmaster & Live Nation for secret ticket resale scheme

The suit also accuses the companies of raking in $16 billion in hidden fees over the last five years.

Visions: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag

Chicago house music visionary Hieroglyphic Being, plus cover mix and interview with Galen, Z.I.P.P.O., a new label called FLURB, the breaking of Live Nation and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.

SoundCloud is the latest platform to hand over ticketing to Ticketmaster

SoundCloud invites their artists to make a ticketing giant even bigger with a new partnership.

Pressed by US crackdown, Ticketmaster goes shopping in Africa

Embattled ticketing giant Ticketmaster has scooped up South Africa-based Quicket and expanded their foothold in the African market.

Private equity seeks a stake in ticketing outfit DICE, Boiler Room

Bloomberg reports that investors are seeking to cash out of the company at a valuation of hundreds of millions of dollars.

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.

House Music is a Spiritual Thing: Inside 5 Mag #210

Sacred beats: Levon Vincent, DJ Disciple, Gehno Aviance aka One A and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, house music from Chicago.

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.

#SaveOurTicketBrokers

How Live Nation affiliated-companies got into pandemic funds intended for independent venues.

Don’t look for that “postponed” show refund from Ticketmaster anytime soon

One of the lawsuits seeking refunds from Ticketmaster & Live Nation over shows "postponed" by coronavirus has been pushed to arbitration.

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