Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images
Fernando Leon/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Ticketmaster announced the release of all-in pricing in September, a feature that is supposed to display the complete price for a live event ticket on the platform, including all of the fees associated with it before a user checks out.
From Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to Airbnbs in an expensive city, junk fees are everywhere and ruining our attempts to have fun. The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a new rule that would force businesses like ticket marketplaces and hotels to clearly list all the fees they’ll wind up charging customers.
Kevin Mazur/Hector Vivas/Getty Images
Two of the hottest concert tours of the summer, Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour and Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, sparked a national conversation on the way online marketplaces and ticket resellers exploit diehard fans looking to have some fun. Now, the Internal Revenue Service is tightening its grip around ticket…
Look what she made us do. Ahead of the release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) next month, one of the biggest pop stars in the world, Taylor Swift, began teasing the album’s bonus tracks with one the biggest tech companies in the world, Google.
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS