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US Justice Department to seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster

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Re: US Justice Department to seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster

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Post by nerdponx »

nickff wrote: post #146
dpkirchner wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> insulting and alienating the agency staff What are you referring to here?

https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-j... There is a great deal of documentation and discussion, but this document covers some of it, here are a couple of on-topic quotes: > "Documents from and testimony by FTC managers show that Chair Khan marginalized the litigators and investigators at the FTC who had the skills necessary to win cases." > "One manager consulted with his team and reported to t…

This is a document with an overt political agenda and should be taken with a bucketful of salt.

Re: US Justice Department to seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster

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Post by ajdude »

ryandrake wrote: post #110

This is great news but : Please also stop giving Ticketmaster your money. Every dollar you voluntarily give them (for a totally optional product, I might add) encourages them to continue their horrible practices. "Ticketmaster is such a terrible company!" he says as he buys more concert tickets from them.

It's easy to say that but a lot of the venues Exclusively use Ticketmaster as the official way to buy tickets for their shows. I called one, and they said to go online or pay at the door and hope There are seats left.

Re: US Justice Department to seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster

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Post by ajdude »

throwaway5959 wrote: post #156
portpecos wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the alternative? There's no competition.

Not going to live music, at least in the US.

That's just not feasible for people who don't have the means to simply fly to Europe to see a band. Sometimes it's a once in a lifetime chance that your favorite band happens to be in your city

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Post by klyrs »

laidoffamazon wrote: post #70
klyrs wrote: post #54

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It's an election year, don't hold your breath.

Election year is 25% of a single administration's term, why should events be ignored 25% of the time?

In this case, because I don't expect Biden to win another term and I expect the prosecution of this case to take longer than a year. The last several administrations have opened their term by tearing down everything that the prior administration had done. To be specific: I'm not confident the prosecutor behind this will have a job at the end of the year.

Re: US Justice Department to seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster

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Post by throwaway5959 »

ajdude wrote: post #163
throwaway5959 wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not going to live music, at least in the US.

That's just not feasible for people who don't have the means to simply fly to Europe to see a band. Sometimes it's a once in a lifetime chance that your favorite band happens to be in your city

I didn’t say you should do it or that it’s ideal, it’s just the reality of the circumstance.

Re: US Justice Department to seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster

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Post by klyrs »

llamaimperative wrote: post #95
klyrs wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's an election year, don't hold your breath.

FTC has been aggressively pursuing antitrust since pretty much day one of the admin. You just weren’t paying attention.

To the contrary, I've been paying very close attention. I'm just not confident that the DoJ can pull this off before the end of the Biden administration.
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