Tag: TICKETMASTER

It's no secret that you're paying twice as much to take your kid to see Miley Cyrus because some jerks are scooping up all the tickets and reselling them. But now, a few "Wiseguys" are learning the true cost of this deceptive business. According to Wired, Wiseguy Tickets and Seats owner Kenneth Lowson, co-owner Kristofer Kirsch, chief financial officer Faisal Nahdi, and programmer Joel Stevenson ...

Ticketmaster, the bane of Pearl Jam's existence so many moons ago, has just finalized a major corporate merger with Live Nation, the world's largest concert promoter. The financial marriage only went through, however, after the U.S. Department of Justice gave both companies the green light, a full year after the merger was first submitted for governmental approval. According to Wired, the ...

It wasn't all that long ago that getting the hot ticket meant waiting in line for hours (or days) outside of your local Ticketmaster affiliate, all the while exchanging tales of geeky fan appreciation with other would-be concert attendees. These days, everyone's just a click away from the show of a lifetime -- and a click away from exorbitant prices, thanks to many scalping laws having been ...

Giving us yet another reason to hate Ticketmaster, the company revealed that it has been scalping tickets through its secondary TicketExchange and TicketsNow Web sites. Designed as a means for fans to sell tickets they've already purchased, Ticketmaster senior vice president for legal affairs Joseph Freeman told the Wall Street Journal that TicketExchange and TicketsNow "only rarely list tickets ...

There's plenty to love about the Internet. But there is also plenty to loathe. Ridiculous banner ads, the crappy quality of the vast majority of Web video, and complex Web 2.0 services without any support. PC World surveyed its readers and found out what they think the Top 10 Web Annoyances are. From Ticket Master to trolls (those people who post annoying, nonstop comments on forums), there's ...