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by carlosdp 1307 days ago
They own most of the largest music venues in the world, after their acquisition of Live Nation in 2012. So, if Katy Perry goes on tour and needs to choose a ticketing provider, she pretty much has no choice because several of those venues will only use Ticketmaster, period.

It's one of the most quietly intractable monopolies on the planet.