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  • August 2008

    • NFL Gets Into Ticket-Scalping Business

      USA Today  |  Aug 7, 08 5:55 PM CDT

      NFL Gets Into Ticket-Scalping Business

      (Newser) - The NFL has partnered with TicketMaster on a site allowing fans to buy and sell tickets themselves, USA Today reports. Sellers must adhere to relevant state laws, but ticket-holders may set their own value, with no limits on pricing over face value. The NFL estimates that of 22 million tickets sold for its games last season, 5-10% wound up scalped. More »

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      NFL  • Ticketmaster  • scalping  • tickets

  • May 2008
  • March 2008

    • Diller's Trials Far From Over After IAC Verdict

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 31, 08 10:19 AM CDT

      Diller's Trials Far From Over After IAC Verdict

      (Newser) - Barry Diller might have won control over e-commerce company IAC/InterActiveCorp from rival John Malone in court Friday, but the CEO’s real trials have just begun. With the economy tanking and credit markets tightening, Diller’s plan to break up IAC into five “baby Barrys”—including Ticketmaster and the Home Shopping Network—might be tough to pull off, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • Ticketmaster  • IAC  • LendingTree

    • Diller On Top in Liberty/IAC Ruling

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 28, 08 8:03 PM CDT

      Diller On Top in Liberty/IAC Ruling

      (Newser) - Barry Diller took round one today in his feud with fellow billionaire John Malone: A Delaware judge ruled that Malone can’t force Diller out of Interactive Corp. for trying to break up the company, Bloomberg reports. The ruling prevents Malone's Liberty Media from seizing control; Liberty has a minority stake in IAC but, by prior agreement with Liberty, Diller votes Liberty's shares, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • Ticketmaster  • IAC/InterActiveCorp  • LendingTree

  • January 2008

    • Ticketmaster Pays $265M for Online Scalper

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 15, 08 2:05 PM CST

      Ticketmaster Pays $265M for Online Scalper

      (Newser) - Fans who once turned to scalpers for last-minute seats can now hit up ... Ticketmaster? In a sure sign of the online ticket resale boom, the sports and entertainment behemoth will buy TicketsNow, the second-largest online ticket reseller, reports the Wall Street Journal . "Clients who five years ago were not willing to allow a ticket to be resold now want a piece," said Ticketmaster's CEO. More »

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      Ticketmaster  • IAC  • StubHub  • scalpers  • ticket resellers

  • November 2007

    • Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny

      Washington Post  |  Nov 9, 07 8:39 PM CST

      Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny

      (Newser) - The Hannah Montana tour is hot—tickets sold out in seconds, and resellers are charging as much as 100 times face value for them. And both the speed of sellouts and eye-popping resale prices for popular artists are arousing suspicion. The Washington Post looks at how scalpers use ticket-buying technology, leaving regular consumers out in the cold. More »

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      concert  • Hannah Montana  • Ticketmaster  • scalpers  • RMG Technologies

    • Diller's IAC to Split Into Five Companies

      CNN  |  Nov 5, 07 1:27 PM CST

      Diller's IAC to Split Into Five Companies

      (Newser) - Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp will split into five separately traded companies, their board announced today.  Former IAC components Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, vacation site Interval International, and online real estate site LendingTree will all become separate firms under those names. CNN Money reports that the remaining pieces of IAC will be search engine Ask.com, Citysearch, Evite, and Zwinky. More »

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      Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • Ticketmaster  • Ask.com  • InterActiveCorp  • Expedia

  • October 2007

    • Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers

      Reuters  |  Oct 16, 07 11:13 AM CDT

      Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers

      (Newser) - Fans frustrated in their pursuit of instantly sold-out online tickets caught a break yesterday when a federal judge halted the use of scalper software on Ticketmaster. RMG Technologies' software let prospectors buy out concerts and resell tickets at inflated prices, Reuters reports. "They're cheating consumers, and we're not going to stand for it anymore," said a Ticketmaster lawyer. More »

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      music industry  • concert  • Hannah Montana  • Ticketmaster  • RMG Technologies

    • 'Hannah Montana' Tour Has Scalpers in High Gear

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Oct 2, 07 3:20 PM CDT

      'Hannah Montana' Tour Has Scalpers in High Gear

      (Newser) - Parents across the nation are wringing their hands as scalpers rub theirs with glee over Hannah Montana, the 14-year-old fictional pop star whose concert tour dates are selling out in minutes. Her popular Disney Channel show rocketed the character to Madonna-level stardom with kids, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says, which means scalpers are charging thousands for tickets. More »

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      Miley Cyrus  • concert  • Hannah Montana  • Disney Channel  • Billy Ray Cyrus  • Ticketmaster

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