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Ticketmaster Draws Scrutiny From Competition Bureau

The federal Competition Bureau is expanding its investigation into Ticketmaster to include the company’s secret scalping program revealed in a Toronto Star/CBC undercover investigation.

Ticketmaster Draws Scrutiny From Competition Bureau

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The federal Competition Bureau is expanding its investigation into Ticketmaster to include the company’s secret scalping program revealed in a Toronto Star/CBC undercover investigation — amid new calls for accountability from politicians, music and sports fans across the continent.


Meanwhile, a Toronto law firm has launched a $250-million class action suit against Ticketmaster Canada, alleging the company’s practices engaged in “false or misleading misrepresentations” that violate the Competition Act.

Robert Cribb and Marco Chown Oved report in detail on the scandal that is becoming more cumbersome by the day for the ticketing giant. The investigative team’s story can be read in full on The Star web page here.

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Drake Becomes First Artist to Earn 400 Total Hot 100 Hits As He Charts 42 Songs in a Single Week

He also returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100.

Drake returns with another blockbuster week on Billboard’s charts (dated May 30), following the release of his three new albums: ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR.

The three projects, all released concurrently May 15, debut at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, on the Billboard 200, making Drake the first artist to hold the top three simultaneously in the chart’s 70-year history. ICEMAN opens atop the chart with 463,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States, according to Luminate, while HABIBTI launches with 114,000 and MAID OF HONOUR begins with 110,000.

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