Solid article about ticket scalping. It's been this way for quite a few years in the music business, with artists or their managements allotting premium tickets to scalpers on the front end to sell on secondary market for a cut. Bon Jovi's crazy premium pricing isn't wonderful either, but at least they were honest about what they were doing. Now if Taylor Swift would come clean on her lip-syncing, the world might achieve some sense of balance. I don't mind that she's a profiteer; I just don't like the public "sweet" messaging. She's buried more new artists' releases with her scheduling tactics than anyone else in history.