In a letter to two US lawmakers, Ticketmaster says it will ban users from operating multiple accounts and shut down its TradeDesk platform after an FTC lawsuit
Crackdown Targets Scalpers Alyssa Ray / The Wrap : Ticketmaster Will Ban Users With Multiple Accounts in Bid to Stop Scalpers Amid FTC Lawsuit Ted Johnson / Deadline : Ticketmaster To Prohibit Multipl...
The US FTC and seven states sue Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary for failing to stem the use of ticketing bots and large-scale resale operations
FTC Sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster for Engaging in Illegal Ticket Resale Tactics … Randy Nichols : I hope this marks the beginning of dismantling the entire ticket scalping industry. If Ticketmast...
The US FTC and seven states sue Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary for failing to stem the use of bots and large-scale resale operations
The US Federal Trade Commission and seven states sued Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster subsidiary for failing to stem the use …
Sources: US FTC is probing if Ticketmaster does enough to stop bots from illegal resales, focusing on its compliance with a law against automated ticket resales
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Ticketmaster says it now shows the full price of a ticket up front, as part of its efforts to comply with the US FTC's junk fees ban that takes effect on May 12
The first is “Click to Cancel” which goes into effect in July that requires companies to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up. — The second is this ban on hidden junk fees. … Forums: ...
The US DOJ's antitrust lawsuit seeking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster may set the tone for how the Trump administration approaches competition policy
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StubHub files for an IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE, and reports a $2.8M loss on $1.77B in revenue in 2024, vs. a $405M profit on $1.37B in revenue in 2023
Secondary Ticketing Sales Up 29% in 2024 Bill Peters / MarketWatch : Referenced Symbols — Ticket-resale platform StubHub on Friday said it had filed … Los Angeles Times : Ticket platform StubHub fil...
IAC board approves the spinoff of home improvement marketplace Angi; IAC has previously spun off companies like Expedia, Ticketmaster, and LendingTree
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC :
Internal doc: Amazon held talks on handling tasks on the LLM-powered Alexa with Uber, Ticketmaster, Vagaro, OpenTable, Grubhub, Instacart, Fodors, and Thumbtack
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How hackers used infostealer malware to breach AT&T, Ticketmaster, Santander, EA, and more, as global law enforcement tries to shut down the growing industry
When you download a piece of pirated software, you might also be getting a piece of infostealer malware …