Should we (Anti)Trust Ticketmaster? Music Streaming Sausage. And 5 New Songs
Plus, Ezra Klein raves in Berlin!
Ask any artist a tier below Beyoncé and Taylor Swift (no doubt a vast expanse in the streaming era) about the state of the live music business and they’ll tell you it’s a mess. While concert attendance has ticked up in recent years, the cost of everything – auto rentals and gas, food and hotels – have also gone up; all while artists’ cuts of the door ha…
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