Mastodawn

Live Nation and Ticketmaster were allowed to merge in 2010. The result?

They now control 70% of the primary ticketing and live event venues market.

They exploit all of us — and we simply have to take it.

Big mergers are terrible for everyone but super-rich CEOs.

@rbreich 70%? I find it hard to believe that number is so low. I can’t think of who the 30% would be.

@yannis @rbreich there a number of other ticketing systems out there, primarily used by regional and smaller operators.

Folk and other Festivals, and municipally owned theatres are not live nation venues, for instance.