US Senate hearing: Ticketing ‘not broken by accident’

A Senate Committee hearing into the live music ticketing practices has examined the issues of pricing on primary and secondary platforms and the proliferation of bots snapping up tickets and denying fans a fair chance to buy them.

The Fees Rolled on All Summer Long: Examining the Live Entertainment Industry hearing took place on 28 January in Washington, DC, the US capital.

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology,…

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