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On this week's show we discuss the US government’s legal action against Live Nation that seeks to force it to sell off Ticketmaster, ticket touts’ plans to fight the Labour Party’s proposed 10% price cap on the resale of tickets, and more.
SECTION TIMES
01: Live Nation (00:06:40)
02: News in brief (00:23:07)
03: Ticket resale lobbying (00:26:52)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)
THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
• Live Nation monopoly is “anticompetitive” and must be broken up says DoJ lawsuit
• Live Nation faces class action that could involve millions of ticket buyers
• Hackers claim to have accessed personal data about 560 million Ticketmaster customers
• Campaigners respond to “astounding” report on the “sinister” lobbying plans of ticket touts
NEWS IN BRIEF
• US court agrees to fast-track legal challenge over TikTok ban
• Parklife founder Sacha Lord under pressure as Arts Council and GMCA launch investigations into COVID funding
• Queen deal
• Government confirms it has issued drug-testing licences to “some of the leading festivals in the UK”
ALSO MENTIONED
• Spotify sued over decision to stop supporting Car Thing
• Spotify price hike in France
• Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms (The Guardian)
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SECTION TIMES
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SECTION TIMES
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