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Ticketmaster Pays $265M for Online Scalper

Purchase signals major shift in resellers' business model

(Newser) - Fans who once turned to scalpers for last-minute seats can now hit up ... Ticketmaster? In a sure sign of the online ticket resale boom, the sports and entertainment behemoth will buy TicketsNow, the second-largest online ticket reseller, reports the Wall Street Journal. "Clients who five years ago were not...

Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny
Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny
Nov 9, 2007 8:39 PM CST

Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny

Is the ticket industry designed to fleece the average consumer?

(Newser) - The Hannah Montana tour is hot—tickets sold out in seconds, and resellers are charging as much as 100 times face value for them. And both the speed of sellouts and eye-popping resale prices for popular artists are arousing suspicion. The Washington Post looks at how scalpers use ticket-buying technology,...

Diller's IAC to Split Into Five Companies

HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval International, LendingTree spin off

(Newser) - Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp will split into five separately traded companies, their board announced today.  Former IAC components Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, vacation site Interval International, and online real estate site LendingTree will all become separate firms under those names. CNN Money reports that the remaining pieces of IAC will...

Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers
Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers
Oct 16, 2007 11:13 AM CDT

Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers

Judge blocks software after outcry from Hannah Montana fans

(Newser) - Fans frustrated in their pursuit of instantly sold-out online tickets caught a break yesterday when a federal judge halted the use of scalper software on Ticketmaster. RMG Technologies' software let prospectors buy out concerts and resell tickets at inflated prices, Reuters reports. "They're cheating consumers, and we're not...

'Hannah Montana' Tour Has Scalpers in High Gear

Teen sensation sells out shows nationwide

(Newser) - Parents across the nation are wringing their hands as scalpers rub theirs with glee over Hannah Montana, the 14-year-old fictional pop star whose concert tour dates are selling out in minutes. Her popular Disney Channel show rocketed the character to Madonna-level stardom with kids, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says, which means...

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