Thursday, September 20, 2018

ITP V.018 THE MUSIC BUSINESS: UNDERCOVER REPORTERS INVESTIGATE TICKETMASTER FOR COLLUSION WITH SCALPERS

International event ticketing agency TICKETMASTER may have been caught colluding with scalpers. CBC (CANADA) and the TORONTO STAR news reporters went undercover as scalpers and found TICKETMASTER profiting off of fees from ticket bot scalper TRADE DESK.

CBC CANADA reported that TRADE DESK had multiple bot accounts on TICKETMASTER and tickets available for re-sell. 








FROM CBS NEWS:
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/09/20/ticketmaster-colluding-with-scalpers/



FROM NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/649666928/ticketmaster-has-its-own-secret-scalping-program-canadian-journalists-report



Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-