Taylor Swift’s tour rollout hasn’t gone very well. Let’s take a look at why.
Last month, I wrote a three-part column for GlobalNews.ca on the problems we have with concert tickets. The issues run
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Verified Fan
Beating the Bot: How Some Artists are Fighting the Good Fight
[Another assignment was given to current intern-in-residence, Dorothy Lee. – AC] The concert industry has been fighting against scalpers for
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Random Music News for Tuesday, September 12, 2017
It’s new iPhone day. The reality distortion field has been switched on in an effort to reduce sticker shock. And
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Taylor Swift is Getting Hammered for Gamifying Sales of Concert Tickets
Taylor Swift’s people thought they came up with a bulletproof way of keeping the bots at bay with a new
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Taylor Swift Want to Change the Way Fans Buy Tickets. This Is Gonna Piss Off a Lot of People.
Ticketmaster introduced their Verified Fan system a while back as a way of combating ticket-buying bots. Fans can register to
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Ticketmaster Tries to Fight Bots and Scalpers with “Verified Fan” Program
You know the drill. A hot show finally goes on sale to the general public and it instantly sells out,
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