Rage the Machine is going after scalpers with their new world tour
On the heels of Pearl Jam teaming up with Ticketmaster to keep tickets for their Gigaton tour out of the
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Scalpers
Random music news for Monday, June 3, 2019
I’ll be in conversation with Rush’s Geddy Lee about his Big Beautiful Book of Bass at the Oakville Centre for
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Random music news for Wednesday, May 29, 2019
My spring speaking tour resumes tonight with a gig in Buffalo. If you want to see if I’ll be in
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Let’s take a close look at the Ontario Government’s new plans for regulating the sales of event tickets.
Governments all over the world have it out for bots, scalpers, and ticket resellers. In the last week, two provinces,
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The BC government becomes the latest to take on bots and scalpers
It’s become fashionable for governments to take a stand against ticket-buy-bots, secondary sellers, and scalpers. British Columbia is the latest
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So how do ticket brokers get concert tickets before you?
Ticketmaster and its relationship to secondary ticket sellers was in the news a lot throughout 2018. Billboard rounds out the
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Random music news for Monday, November 26, 2018
Officially back at work after a two-week hiatus, although after the US Thanksgiving weekend, it’s going to take some time
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What’s the difference between ticket brokers, ticket resellers, and scalpers?
With the recent disastrous PR blow-up involving Ticketmaster and their apparently over-cozy relationship with ticket resellers, there’s been an even
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Explaining Ticketmaster’s controversial TradeDesk tool that’s used by ticket brokers and scalpers
The blow-up over the CBC/Toronto Star story on Ticketmaster’s apparent cozy relationship with ticket brokers and scalpers has spread worldwide.
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More on Ticketmaster’s latest PR nightmare: Some analysis from me.
[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. It’s published every Sunday. -AC] A couple of years ago, Ticketmaster embarked on a makeover.
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Here’s what Ticketmaster had to say about the big scalper expose
Earlier this week, the Toronto Star and the CBC broke a big story about how Ticketmaster is involved in helping
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