The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding this hearing because in November pre-sale tickets for Taylor Swift's the era's tour had huge amounts of technical issues and wait times. The CFO and president of Ticketmaster's parent company Live Nation Joe Bertrand said, quote, industrial scale ticket scalping and an unprecedented amount of bots were responsible for the large scale problems. People are not 100% having that because they control the platform.
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Molly goes solo today to cover the DOJ joining eight states to file an anti-trust lawsuit against Google (2:04) before covering Ticketmaster taking the stand in a Senate hearing today. (15:37) Producer Rachel then joins to discuss the latest on user-friendly ticket competitors. (23:07) Then, Molly is joined by two different LA26 founders: Rhian Beutler of Govalo (32:47) and Daniel Sakhai of HeyHire! (44:44)
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(2:04) the DOJ’s lawsuit with Google
(9:16) AgeTech Collaborative - Find out more and apply at https://agetechcollaborative.org/twist
(10:51) Google and Microsoft’s prior lawsuits with the DOJ
(15:37) Ticketmaster’s senate hearing
(21:30) AgeTech Collaborative - Find out more and apply at https://agetechcollaborative.org/twist
(23:06) Rachel joins Molly to discuss the latest on user-friendly ticket competitors
(31:18) Nutrisense - Use code TWIST and get $30 off at nutrisense.io/twist
(32:47) Rhian Beutler of Govalo joins Molly
(44:44) Daniel Sakhai of HeyHire joins Molly
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