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Ticketmaster's Taylor Swift Glitch Doesn't Require a Congressional Hearing

The site crashed because Swift is very popular, not because antitrust enforcement is too weak.

Reason

Ticketmaster had to endure senators' T-Swift wordplay. Is that pun-ishment enough?

Was it better than revenge knowing Ticketmaster was forced Tuesday to endure three hours full of senators' cringey Taylor Swift puns?

Los Angeles Times

Taylor Swift got senators to agree on a rare bipartisan issue

Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are examining whether Live Nation has a monopoly on ticketing.

Fortune

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Sen. Dick Durbin and committee grill Ticketmaster after Taylor Swift concert sales fiasco

Chicago Sun-Times

Live Nation/Ticketmaster get bipartisan grilling in DC

It was only a matter of time before a politician awkwardly quoted Taylor Swift at Tuesday morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Ticketmaster, Live Nation and the U.S. ticketing market.

Los Angeles Times

After Taylor Swift ticket fiasco, Senate panel calls Ticketmaster a monopolistic anti-hero

WASHINGTON — For decades now, Ticketmaster has engendered bad blood from concertgoers angry over its fees but has managed to shake it off, growing into the largest ticketing company in America. But after crossing Taylor Swift fans, parent company Live Nation faced a Senate panel Tuesday intent on getting the…

Tribune News Service

Senators quote Taylor Swift lyrics at hearing addressing Ticketmaster mess: ‘I’m the problem. It’s me’

Senator Richard Blumenthal, 76, was one of several who used the pop star’s own words during congressional hearings looking into last year’s ticketing debacle

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Scalper bots caused Taylor Swift ticket chaos, Senate panel hears in testimony

President of Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s parent company, tells Senate judiciary committee the bots caused technical glitches

The Guardian - US

Ticketmaster blames cyberattack for Taylor Swift tour debacle

Washington (AFP) - US concert booking website Ticketmaster was hit by a cyberattack last year that led to it botching sales for Taylor Swift's US tour, it told lawmakers on Tuesday as it apologized to the pop superstar and her fans.

AFP

After Taylor Swift ticket fiasco, Senate panel calls Ticketmaster a monopolistic anti-hero - Roll Call

After crossing Swifties, parent company Live Nation faced senators intent on getting it to admit, “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.”

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