Tag: monopoly
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610CKTB | Digital Serfdom: How Ticketmaster-Live Nation Monopolize Nostalgia for Wealth Extraction
610 CKTB’s Gene Valaitis and KVETCH and RELEASE’s Jon Liedtke discuss the Ticketmaster-Live Nation monopoly, highlighting the shift from physical ticket ownership to “digital serfdom”. Liedtke critique skyrocketing prices—far outpacing inflation—and high service fees, exploring U.S. antitrust lawsuits, and his proposal for the Royal Canadian Mint to print secure physical tickets.
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WINDSOR INDEPENDENT: Beer in grocery stores misses the mark
Only in Ontario would people get excited about driving out of the way to purchase warm beer, while inconvenienced. From Windsor to London there is ONE grocery store selling beer, on two end aisle displays, non-refrigerated, and much to the convenience of no-one, you’re forced to purchase the beer immediately as there is a cash…