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Jon Barbas discusses the implications of the Live Nation and DOJ court settlement on concert ticket prices and company culture.

In episode 262 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas breaks down the fallout of the Live Nation and DOJ court settlement. Concert ticket prices have gotten extremely unaffordable over the past decade. Is it thanks to a monopoly held by Ticketmaster and Live Nation? Are the jokes employees messaged to each other indicative of company culture? What can be done about rising ticket prices? Join us and see. Get 10% of Hear's Earplugs here: https://www.hears.com/HEAVYMETALPHILOSOPHY Get Heavy Metal Philosophy Merch! https://jonbarbas-shop.fourthwall.com/ Heavy Metal Philosophy Contact; https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@heavymetalphilosophy https://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophy JonBarbas@heavymetalphilosophy.com https://mobile.twitter.com/heaviestdoyen https://www.facebook.com/HeaviestDoyen https://www.instagram.com/heavy_metal_philosophy/ https://www.threads.net/@heavy_metal_philosophy https://bsky.app/profile/jonbarbas.bsky.social Substack Articles https://substack.com/@jonbarbas #metal #concert #tickets

People in this episode

Host: Jon Barbas

Topics covered

• concert ticket prices
• monopoly
• company culture
• court settlement
• affordability

Keywords

• Live Nation
• DOJ
• Ticketmaster
• concert tickets
• affordability
• monopoly
• company culture

Sponsors

Hear's Earplugs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Live Nation, DOJ, Ticketmaster

Products: Hear's Earplugs

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