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Scalper Suing Ticketmaster For Unfair Practices, Possibly Unaware Of Irony

8:25 p.m. · October 5, 2009 · by Mike Burr

Elite Entertainment head Chuck Lombardo is suing Ticketmaster, alleging the bane of concertgoers everywhere used his expertise to reprice tickets for maximum profits and then reneged on a promise to hire Lombardo and purchase his company. Though Ticketmaster is dismissing the suit as baseless, The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece about "Project Showtime," an effort led by Frontline Management (Irving Azoff's company that Ticketmaster purchased in late 2008) to buy up as many secondary sellers as possible. If ever there was situation to root for two losers, this may be the one. [The Daily Swarm]