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Hidden Junk Fees Banned For Live Events Tickets (For Now)

The Hollywood Reporter
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Story by Winston Cho
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FTC bans hidden junk fees for live event tickets, giving consumers transparency on true costs and saving them billions in wasted time and money.
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  • The new FTC rule requires businesses to disclose total prices, including any mandatory fees, upfront - a major win for consumers fed up with Ticketmaster's opaque pricing.
  • FTC chair Lina Khan praised the rule, saying it will save consumers 'billions of dollars and millions of hours in wasted time' by ending the practice of tacking on mysterious fees.
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Lina Khan, Federal Trade Commission, Ticketmaster, Live Nation
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