Company of ticketmaster, is feeling the full weight of the u. S. Government and 30 states as it faces a massive new lawsuit accusing it of ripping off customers. The department of justice and states attorneys general say live nation acts as a monopoly, and scott mcgrew is here with us now. And scott, they actually say that they have emails to prove it. Yes they do. Good morning. The doj pointed us to emails between live nation and another ticket promoter called oak view group, where the two Companies Discussed not allowing artists and agents to play the two companies against each other. Just one of the many allegations in the lawsuit. But strong evidence of what the government would say is illegal collaboration between competitors. Just about every ticket buyers familiar with the frustration of trying to get a ticket. How theyre snapped up quickly, the astronomical prices scalpers set. Well, todays lawsuit does not solve those problems. It focuses rather, on the way live nation works w
Cspan, 45 years and counting. Wered by cable. U. S. Attorney general merick garland announced the justice dep suing live natid ticket master for concert industry. The attorney general about House Republican efforts to hold him in contempt of congress and the legal challenges r president donald trump. Earlier today the department of justice joined byistrict of columbia sued live ticket master for violating the sherman antitrust act. In recent nation ticket masters exorbitant fee and technological failures have been criticized by fans and artists ali. But we are not here today because live masters conduct is inconvenient or frustrating. Re because, as we allege, that conduct isnte an illegal. Our complaint makes clear what happens when a monopolist dedicates its resources to entrenching its monopoly power and insulating itself from competition rather than in better products and services. We allege lnati has a legally monopolized markets across the live concert industryed states for far t
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Lets speak to our scotland Political Correspondent, jenni davidson. Jennl jenni, for those of us that dont follow the Politics Of Scotland that much, who is this activist . Follow the Politics Of Scotland that much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track record much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track record of has a bit of a track record of challenges to the snp leadership. He is a former lawyer. Last year he stood against former snp msp and former government minister mike russell for the snp presidency. And quite memorably, he also described the snps Independence Policy as flatulence in a trance, whatever that might mean im not quite sure. So we have been Hearing Reports in the last couple of days that Graeme Mccormick is planning to challenge john swinney for the snp leadership. It had looke
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t