‘On the Ticket’: Swifties, Antitrust, & Amazon Rx 01/24/23
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Two months after the Taylor Swift-Ticketmaster debacle, the Senate Judiciary Committee is conducting a hearing on competitiveness in the ticketing industry. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) share their priorities during the hearing, including antitrust concerns and consumer protections. CNBC’s Bertha Coombs reports on Amazon’s new prescription offering for Prime members: RxPass. Plus, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is defending Google’s massive layoffs while the Department of Justice zeroes in on the company’s dominance in ‘search.’
In this episode:
Marsha Blackburn, @MarshaBlackburn
Richard Blumenthal, @SenBlumenthal
Bertha Coombs @berthacoombs
Becky Quick @BeckyQuick
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk
Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin
Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie
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