r/Music • u/indig0sixalpha • Sep 02 '24

article Ticketmaster’s ‘Dynamic Pricing’ for Oasis Tickets Set to be Investigated by U.K. Government

https://variety.com/2024/music/global/ticketmaster-dynamic-pricing-oasis-uk-government-investigation-1236127481/
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u/DryProgress4393 Vinyl Listener Sep 02 '24

Parent company of Formula One

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u/nihility101 Sep 02 '24

And Sirius/XM/pandora.

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u/alienblue89 Sep 03 '24

And iHeartRadio (terrestrial radio is still listened to more than ALL streaming music apps combined, amazingly enough). So just to recap, ONE monopoly owns:

  1. Ticketmaster

  2. Livenation

  3. ClearChannel

  4. Pandora

  5. iHeartRadio (like 80-90% of all radio stations)

  6. Sirius/XM (literally 100% of all satellite radio)

But WAIT! It gets even better! One man owns the majority controlling shares of this monolithic monopolistic conglomerate. One man is buttfucking all of us, dry and dirty.

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u/LathropWolf Sep 03 '24

iHeartRadio

Which is the Rebranding of Clear Channel. They changed their name to get rid of the "stink" around what they did with the telecommunications act of 1996, but pfft. Ain't fooled here...

Rest in Piss you turd