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Everyone Hates Ticketmaster, but Is It a Monopoly?

Everyone Hates Ticketmaster, but Is It a Monopoly?

The Town with Matthew Belloni

May 24, 202432m 24s

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Show Notes

Matt is joined by Puck’s Eriq Gardner to discuss the U.S. government's monopoly lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation (02:58). They briefly go through the history of the Ticketmaster–Live Nation merger, what lead to the eventual lawsuit, why concert prices won’t go down even if the two companies split, whether this lawsuit is just a PR attack against Ticketmaster, what impact this could have on the secondary markets, what a broken up Ticketmaster–Live Nation would look like, and more. Matt finishes the show with a prediction for this weekend’s holiday box office (27:00).


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Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Eriq Gardner


Producer: Jessie Lopez

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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