Ticket Masters The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped

Name: Ticket Masters The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped
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ISBN: 9781550229493

ISBN-10: 1550229494

ISBN-13: 9781550229493

Edition: 2011

Authors: Dean Budnick, Josh Baron

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In the spring of 1975 a trio of neophyte businessmen backed an old Chrysler onto a sun-baked Arizona driveway and convened in their new office. The garage start-up, dubbed Ticketmaster, would come to achieve such market dominance over the following decades some critics would denounce the company as an unlawful monopoly. Yet its path to the top was far from inevitable and Ticket Mastersanalyzes the legality and ethics behind the actions of Ticketmaster, including its recent merger with Live Nation. It answers such questions as Just what is included in a service fee and why does it vary with the price of a ticket?Why am I forced to pay for parking when I'm taking public transportation to the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: ECW Press
Publication date: 6/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Prologue: The Summer of Their Discontent



A Few Reservation



Put Your Seat in Our.Hands



Master Class



ï¿½A Bunch of Wooly Freaksï¿½



Rumble in the Jungle



Rock and Roll's New Bottom Line



Bigger Bangs for Your Bucks



e-Ticket



A Quiet Victory



Secondary Education



It's a Live Nation


Epilogue: Full Circle


Endnotes


Source Notes


Glossary


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