Ticketmaster and LiveNation make a bad experience worse for people, he says. "They're engaging in anti-competitive tactics," writes David Perry. The companies say they can't possibly be a monopoly when there's another company that does things like we do, said Perry. But none of them are even coming close to the amount of market share that LiveNation Ticketmaster controls, he adds.
It’s me, Ticketmaster. I’m the problem, it’s me.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
This episode features a fun Taylor Swift parody courtesy of Miranda Hardy and Liz Larkin on TikTok @MirandaHardyMusic.
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