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NYT: Senators Ask for Antitrust Probe in Concert Ticketing
Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 09:11 pm EDT 08/28/19

...This week, two United States senators [are asking] the Justice Department to investigate the state of competition in the ticketing business, and to extend a regulatory agreement with Live Nation Entertainment, the industry behemoth that owns Ticketmaster.

In a letter to Makan Delrahim, the assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust, the senators, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota — both Democrats — called the ticket industry “broken” and complained of “exorbitant fees and inadequate disclosures” in the ticket buying process...



Posted due to the obvious relevance to Broadway ticketing, as well.
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re: NYT: Senators Ask for Antitrust Probe in Concert Ticketing: Speaking of anti-trust ...
Posted by: NewtonUK 09:15 pm EDT 08/28/19
In reply to: NYT: Senators Ask for Antitrust Probe in Concert Ticketing - MockingbirdGirl 09:11 pm EDT 08/28/19

... its way overdue for someone to file an anti trust suit against the Shubert Organization, for owning theatre, occasionally producing, and owning the ticketing company that must be used at all Shubert venues - which the producer and patron are both gouged by.
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re: NYT: Senators Ask for Antitrust Probe in Concert Ticketing: Speaking of anti-trust ...
Posted by: ryhog 09:41 pm EDT 08/28/19
In reply to: re: NYT: Senators Ask for Antitrust Probe in Concert Ticketing: Speaking of anti-trust ... - NewtonUK 09:15 pm EDT 08/28/19

Then do it.*

* I should warn that the lawsuit will be dismissed promptly on a motion for summary judgment for failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted. Also I should warn that in all likelihood, costs will be assessed against you.
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