Ticketmaster and its parent company, LiveNation, were accused of monopolies. Morgan Harper from the American Economic Liberties Project has been working on this case for a while. The government didn't do enough to stop when they merged in 2010, he says. When you combine them with LiveNation, that also is managing artists and running tours,. well, then you start to have a tremendous amount of power - it's very difficult for anyone to compete with that.
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.
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