EP/68: TICKETMASTER MONOPOLY

The Fight to Break Up Ticketmaster 

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Any concertgoer will tell you that good tickets are hard to come by, cost an arm and a leg and charge an obscene amount of service fees. Ticketmaster has a firm stranglehold on the business of concert ticketing and ever since merging with promoter and venue operator Live Nation in 2010, critics have pointed to an unfair marketplace for consumers. Here to break down the problem is Krista Brown, one of the people fighting to break up the monopoly in an effort to put an end to their unparalleled influence over the ticketing market. 

Krista is a Senior Policy Analyst at the American Economic Liberties Project. Previously, Krista was a research associate at Open Markets Institute where she focused on concentration in the technology industry, wealth inequality, and the disproportionate effects of monopoly power on low income and minority populations. While there, she helped draft the amicus brief in support of the FTC’s anti-monopoly suit against Qualcomm. We reached her in Boston, MA.

Learn more about the movement at breakupticketmaster.com and follow Krista on Twitter @KristaKBrown

About KRISTA

Krista Brown is a Senior Policy Analyst at the American Economic Liberties Project, an anti-monopoly think tank. She focuses on a wide range of industries, with work featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Vox. Her writing and reporting has also appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine and The American Prospect.

Prior to Economic Liberties, Krista was a research associate at Open Markets Institute where she focused on concentration in the technology industry and wealth inequality. Before joining Open Markets, Krista worked as an analyst at Future\Perfect Ventures, a venture fund that focuses on minority founders and decentralized technology.

Follow Krista on Twitter @KristaKBrown