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NEWS ABOUT: scalpers

scalpers stories: 7 news summaries
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Foul-Mouthed Ticket Scalper Talks Crime, Punishment

Time-wasting cops 'should be fired'

Oct 30, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adrian Chen found the ticket scalper with possibly the dirtiest mouth on the New York circuit and convinced him to do an interview for Gawker . He expounds on would-be sex-trading ticket buyer Susan Finkelstein, New York sports fans, and more:
  • On Finkelstein: "Every one of those cops
... More »

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Philadelphia Phillies • New York Yankees • World Series • concert • scalpers • baseball • ticket sales • tickets • Susan Finkelstein

(Newser) - Organizers will give out 17,500 free tickets to Tuesday’s Michael Jackson memorial at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, the Times reports. The drawing will occur Sunday, and ticket-seekers can register online. Trying to avoid a rush, the promoter kept some details secret, saying only “there will be no... More »

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entertainment • music • Los Angeles • memorial • Michael Jackson • scalpers • ticket lottery • Staples Center

Ticketmaster
Goes Digital to
Curb Scalpers

Miley Cyrus opts
for paperless tix to
control prices, resale

Jun 8, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Better be sure before buying a Miley Cyrus concert ticket. Hers is the first major concert tour with paperless tickets—redeemable only at the door with the buyer's credit card—making it nearly impossible to pawn them off, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ticketmaster and concert promoters hope it will... More »

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entertainment • Miley Cyrus • Ticketmaster • scalpers • concert tour • Jay-ZTV

 Nine Inch Nails Pinch Scalpers 

New online strategy aims to get tix straight to fans

May 1, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine Inch Nails aims to outmaneuver scalpers and undercut premium ticket brokers with an online strategy during an upcoming summer concert tour, Reuters reports. Tickets will be sold directly to fans registered on the band's website beginning 72 hours before each concert date. Organizers hope tight ID restrictions will ensure... More »

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ticket • Pearl Jam • Nine Inch Nails • scalpers • concert tour • brokers • online sales • Maroon 5

Ticketmaster Pays $265M for Online Scalper

Purchase signals major shift in resellers' business model

Jan 15, 08 2:05 PM CST
(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... More »

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Ticketmaster • StubHub • scalpers • IAC • TicketsNow • ticket resellers

Led Zeppelin Outwits Scalpers

Strict new security in force at concert

Dec 10, 07 7:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Rock band Led Zeppelin performs in London tonight for the first time in 20 years and fans are pouring in from all over the world—including Brazil, Australia and the US. Some may be bitterly disappointed, however. Stringent new security arrangements designed to beat scalpers may stop some fans from... More »

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security • Led Zeppelin • Ahmet Ertegun • scalpers • reunion concert • ticket sales • e Bay

Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny

Is the ticket industry designed to fleece the average consumer?

Nov 9, 07 8:39 PM CST
(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,... More »

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concert • Hannah Montana • Ticketmaster • RMG Technologies • scalpers

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