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The Lie That's Destroying the Economy
vid.puffyan.usThis one story explains why everything from Taylor Swift to Tyson Chicken is so f-ed up.
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SOURCES:
TicketMaster dominates the live event industry with threats: https://nyti.ms/2uIOK3O
Springsteen vs. LiveNation https://bit.ly/2tBOEHD
TicketMaster merger is waved through by Obama admin: https://nyti.ms/3RXcnMK
TicketMaster retaliating against venues: https://ampr.gs/3I2fIpu
AT&T / TimeWarner merger was a disaster: https://nyti.ms/3YTYRfr
WBD to cut 3 billion in budget https://bit.ly/3Yz478u
Animation cut from HBO Max https://bit.ly/3K1X1Vw
HBO Max price increase: https://bit.ly/3XrP1QB
Americans have no choice in internet provider: https://bit.ly/3HRZU8E
Matt Stoller's amazing piece on the cheerleading monopoly Varsity: https://bit.ly/3RWJjVU
Tyson mistreating chickens: https://wapo.st/3lCESDk
Meatpacker profits skyrocket: https://reut.rs/3I2t98D
Income inequality graphs: https://bit.ly/2FvT7Rg
Judges flown to free market seminars: https://bit.ly/3I3D9P2
Monopolies in every industry: https://bit.ly/2ShvykF
Monopolies lead to inequality: https://bit.ly/3xl11sr
Gov't blocks Penguin merger: https://reut.rs/3Iot2Wr
DOJ investigating TicketMaster: https://nyti.ms/3IpD7mf
I’d love ro hear everyone’s thoughts on this!
But competition would force these middlemen to make their services better, lower prices, etc. This whole comment doesn’t get to the heart of this matter, regardless whether ticket master is a scapegoat, the ticket selling industry would be better off if there was more competition.
Also, isn’t it still wrong of companies like ticket master to bully artists with their top-down control of venues and promoting?