Secondary Ticket Market Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Competition Bureau dismisses claims against Ticketmaster’s scalper bots

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Competition Bureau, Secondary Ticket Market, Ticketmaster, TradeDesk

If you remember the CBC/Toronto investigation last year (review it here and here), Ticketmaster came under fire over its TradeDesk

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So how do ticket brokers get concert tickets before you?

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Tickets, Resellers, Scalpers, Secondary Ticket Market, Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster and its relationship to secondary ticket sellers was in the news a lot throughout 2018. Billboard rounds out the

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Yet another wrinkle in whole controversy around the secondary ticket market

March 29, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Blue Jays, Secondary Ticket Market, StubHub, Tickets

There’s a CBC report today on how the Toronto Blue Jays are scalping their own tickets. The report says that

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Tickets to Metallica’s Opera House Show are Going for HOW MUCH on Secondary Sites? You’re Kidding…

November 24, 2016 Alan Cross 8 Comments Metallica, Opera House, Scalping, Secondary Ticket Market

Mike really wanted tickets to Metallica’s Daily Bread Food Bank benefit show at the Opera House in Toronto this coming

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New Site Offers Ticket Protections for Music Fans

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 Amber Healy 2 Comments Concerts, Fans, National Association of Ticket Brokers, Resellers, Secondary Ticket Market

There are some rights and protections concertgoers and sports fans should have when buying tickets. Protect Ticket Rights (www.protectticketrights.org) is

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Why Is It So Hard to Buy Concert Tickets at Face Value?

November 17, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments Concert Tickets, Secondary Ticket Market, StubHub

It’s possible to get tickets for a big show at face value, but it’s been getting harder and harder. Why?

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver