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When tickets for Taylor Swift’s latest tour went on sale in November, Ticketmaster was overwhelmed by forces inside and outside of its control, which resulted in a ticketing fiasco. Looking for reasons, many seized upon Ticketmaster’s market power in ticketing and the broader live music industry, especially after its 2010 merger with Live Nation. As FTC Chair Lina Khan quipped, the fiasco “converted more Gen Zers into anti-monopolists overnight than anything I could have done”. In this episode, we dive into the origins and contemporary manifestations of the Ticketmaster-Live Nation monopoly. (Recorded 9 December 2022)

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Learn more about the hosts:

Kay Jebelli, Counsel to the Computer & Communications Industry Association – Twitter (@KayJebelli), LinkedIn, SSRN

Friso Bostoen, Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute  – Twitter (@BostoenFriso), LinkedIn, SSRN

Further reading:

Kay Jebelli

Kay Jebelli advises on competition law and regulatory policy impacting the computer and communication technology industries.

His advice is based on over a decade of competition law experience, as external counsel, at the European Commission, in-house and in academia. He’s navigated and negotiated…

Kay Jebelli advises on competition law and regulatory policy impacting the computer and communication technology industries.

His advice is based on over a decade of competition law experience, as external counsel, at the European Commission, in-house and in academia. He’s navigated and negotiated interactions with public and private entities and enforcers, leading diverse teams of varying sizes to the resolution of critical and complex matters in technology, media, electronics, engineering and industrial sectors.

Kay has also advised on consumer protection, data protection and other regulatory and compliance matters, and has a history of teaching, training, organising, and creating and managing platforms and networks for effective communication and knowledge sharing. Before starting his career in law and advocacy, he worked as a computer engineer in Silicon Valley.

Kay has been quoted in Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP, Wall Street Journal, Axios, La Libre, MLex and PaRR, and published in Concurrences, Competition Policy International, Competition Law Insight, European Competition Law Review, International Trade Law and Regulation, and SSRN. He can be contacted via his website, www.evalusion.com

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