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Posted in music on October 11, 2009
Ticketmaster / Live Nation merger scrutinized
"Regulators in the United Kingdom and United States appear likely to impose conditions on the merger of concert promoter Live Nation Inc. and ticket-selling giant Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. now that British authorities came out against the deal yesterday." [AP]
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Posted on October 11, 2009 4:27 PM
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Ticketmaster, oh how I love fee, I mean thee
Posted by Anonymous | October 11, 2009 5:48 PM
This can be only good. I am rather happy about this whole situation.
Posted by Anonymous | October 11, 2009 8:10 PM
I just want Live Nation to get rid of those awful airplane style concert tickets
Posted by Anonymous | October 11, 2009 8:13 PM
I just looked for tix for the pinback and obits show at irving plaza - a live nation event.
tickets are $18 each. the fee? $9 per ticket.
something is very wrong here.
this is worse than ticketmaster. insane. i'll skip it.
Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 12:13 AM
Raise the fees. FACT: Higher ticket prices = no drunken douchebags that bitch about everything (hipsters)
Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 12:44 AM
but I have no idea what REALLY is going on.
Can someone explain in caveman terms maybe?
Me Thanks You
Posted by I know I am an idiot... | October 12, 2009 1:32 AM
"Raise the fees. FACT: Higher ticket prices = no drunken douchebags that bitch about everything (hipsters)"
Well... then we get into a whole different kind of douchebag like you.
Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 8:58 AM
the fees are already high pre-merger. Is the merger really going to make them higher? i doubt it, at a certain point people would get outraged and not buy them.
Which leads to the second point that everyone is already aware of but ill repeat anyway. When i buy tickets i calculate the fees in as a part of the purchase. An 18 dollar ticket with 9 dollar fee is a 27 dollar ticket. If thats more than im willing to pay for that band at that venue then i dont buy it. they cant charge high prices/fees if people arent willing to buy them.
Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 9:48 AM
Fuck anti-trust laws.
Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 3:07 PM
Significant change, it is.
Posted by luis vuitton | October 17, 2009 12:55 PM
Think they would read the BILL if they had to live by it?
Posted by lv sale | October 18, 2009 8:57 AM