The Lie That's Destroying the Economy
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This one story explains why everything from Taylor Swift to Tyson Chicken is so f-ed up. SUPPORT ON PATREON - http://patreon.com/adamconover SEE ADAM LIVE - http://adamconover.net/tourdates SUBSCRIBE TO FACTUALLY PODCAST - http://link.chtbl.com/factually 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!

  • Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.socialOPEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    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?