Sen. Marsha Blackburn rips Live Nation for ‘very insufficient' response to online ticket bot allegations

Sen. Marsha Blackburn blasted Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation on Thursday for its “very insufficient” response to allegations that executives knowingly “turn a blind eye” to automated bots that force customers to pay exorbitant prices.During a Wednesday Senate hearing on online ticket scalping, the Tennessee Republican cited an internal email in which a Ticketmaster executive admitted that the company “turn[s] a blind eye as a matter of policy” when bots exceed ticket purchase limits.Live Nation exe ...