Live Nation Can ‘Gouge’ Fans on Fees, Ticketing Executives Boast
Source: Bloomberg Politics · Bias: Center
Summary
Two Live Nation Entertainment Inc. executives bragged about the high fees the company charges fans at its venues, joking in internal messages that the company is “robbing them blind” and that “these people are so stupid” that “I almost feel bad taking advantage of them.”
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