Krista Brown

831 posts

Krista Brown banner
Krista Brown

Krista Brown

@KristaKBrown

A thick describer. All things data, tech & the music industry.

Boston, MA Katılım Eylül 2017
2.1K Takip Edilen1K Takipçiler
Sabitlenmiş Tweet
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
“A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam” prospect.org/power/ticketma… I’ve spent 2 months digging into Ticketmaster w/@moetkacik, and its notoriously exorbitant fees & faulty platform only scratch the surface of abusive behavior
English
4
109
313
80.9K
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
Audubon’s justification for rent hikes: “lease rates are generated through a dynamic pricing system that evaluates several factors, including market conditions and the number of expected vacancies..” Probably shouldn’t have said that in a city that bans algorithmic rent setting
Alexandra Leslie@AlexandraLeslie

Providence City Council said the city has filed its first-ever enforcement action against a Boston-based private equity firm they allege is in violation of using software to drive up rent prices. One tenant said she is now planning to move out. wpri.com/news/local-new… @wpri12

English
0
0
4
257
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
This report, which is based on 110,000 internal documents from Live Nation / Ticketmaster, has a lot of good details. Here’s an instance where a venue owner wanted to split more of the resale rev and Ticketmaster said no, offering a one time $3M payment instead.
Krista Brown tweet media
English
0
0
2
127
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
Apparently even the verified fan presale is a con game. New senate PSI report finds a customer on verified presale that bought a jacked up resale ticket. Which, isn’t the whole point of the presale to get tickets before the resellers eff up the prices?
Krista Brown tweet media
Future of Music Coalition@future_of_music

Among the key findings: Live Nation has been disingenuous in posing as an ally to artists in cracking down on predatory resale; they've actually encouraged resale, because: $$$. The report endorses a cap on resale, which is something artist groups have unanimously supported.

English
1
0
5
421
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
Proud of my sister for keeping the Post a little more morally sound. Particularly after that brutal editorial piece on the ceasefire collapse. Mohammed, a US citizen, has lost a quarter of his weight while in jail--all for throwing rocks at Israeli vehicles 8 months ago.
Cate Brown@catebrown12

Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, has been held by the Israeli military for 8 months without trial. U.S. lawmakers are calling for his release. “We had so much trust in our blue passport,” his sister said. “We thought it could protect us.” --> wapo.st/3L8LQwG

English
0
0
5
468
Krista Brown retweetledi
˗ˏˋ ´ˎ˗
˗ˏˋ ´ˎ˗@lapislagoons·
Ireland passed a living wage for artists, they found for every $1 invested in artist the artists returned $1.39 back, and so they are rolling out a program of basic income for artist, incredible
English
147
4.7K
53.7K
1.5M
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
Worth reading @lukewgoldstein piece about this change. “The new agreement is a temporary workaround intended to stymie future legal challenges and sidestep many of the larger implications of the judges’ ruling.” levernews.com/ticketmaster-j…
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown

Quinn Emanuel successfully argued that Ticketmaster’s arbitration clause (which you have to agree to to buy tickets) was illegal—probably leading to this new Ticketmaster claim that just tells you upfront how powerless you are when buying tickets.

English
0
2
5
1.8K
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
Ticketmaster has asked SCOTUS to overturn the ruling, which also says how much the company cares to control consumers rights in each transaction
English
0
0
1
148
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
Quinn Emanuel successfully argued that Ticketmaster’s arbitration clause (which you have to agree to to buy tickets) was illegal—probably leading to this new Ticketmaster claim that just tells you upfront how powerless you are when buying tickets.
English
1
0
6
2.2K
Krista Brown retweetledi
Slade Bond
Slade Bond@SladeBond·
Thrilled to see my former colleague Reed Showalter running for office. Reed is a proven fighter who will stand up to powerful interests and work tirelessly to secure the economic dignity and rights of his constituents. He’s the exact type of candidate this moment demands.
David Dayen@ddayen

Reed Showalter, a veteran of Lina Khan's FTC and Jonathan Kanter's Justice Department, is running for an open House seat in Illinois, hoping to add an antimonopoly veteran into Congress. prospect.org/politics/2025-…

English
1
8
22
3.1K
Krista Brown retweetledi
Reed Showalter
Reed Showalter@reed_showalter·
It’s time to take back our city—and our country—from bullies inside and outside the government. I'm running for Congress to take on corporate greed and stand up for working people in IL-07 and across the country. Together, we can fight back against concentrated power, and win.
English
19
80
323
42.3K
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
This is SO good. Favorite detail might be how there is just “a guy” in Provo, Utah that all the sugar producers talk through to fix prices. But actually this is a whole history of a family I’d never heard of but definitely should have. Told in the best @moetkacik style.
David Dayen@ddayen

Great longread from the inimitable @moetkacik about how MAHA found itself supporting cane sugar in Coke, & how a company running a slave plantation still imports to the US. It's about the Fanjul family, an obscure dynasty that runs on the sweet stuff. prospect.org/power/sugar-da…

English
0
0
3
205
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
It’s true “rivals would pay less to secure default” because they aren’t monopolists and don’t have the $$. We shouldn’t be setting up a system where distributors (including Apple) rely on payments that are only possible from monopolists. That’s anticompetitive.
Krista Brown tweet media
English
0
1
16
818
Krista Brown retweetledi
John Hudson
John Hudson@John_Hudson·
NEW: State Department fires top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs after internal disputes over Israel policy, including whether to express condolences about journalists killed by Israel in Gaza and publicly oppose forced displacement of Palestinians, per documents 🧵
John Hudson tweet media
English
58
629
1.4K
221.9K
Krista Brown retweetledi
Ben Remaly
Ben Remaly@BenRemaly·
Former Antitrust Division official Roger Alford has accused Chad Mizelle and Stanley Woodward of "perverting justice" with respect to the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise/Juniper Networks settlement.
Ben Remaly tweet media
English
1
22
75
24.6K
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
So, here's to good journalism and some seemingly long overdue legal accountability.
English
1
0
0
128
Krista Brown
Krista Brown@KristaKBrown·
When it rains it pours on New York Presbyterian (NYP)... The DOJ opens an investigation into NYP to see if it made hidden deals with insurance companies, eliminating competition to keep hospital prices high, which would violate antitrust laws. It also got sued on Friday.
32BJ SEIU /// #BuildingJustice 🧹✊🏽@32BJSEIU

We will not let hard working New Yorkers and their families be taken advantage of by wealthy hospital systems and their anti-competitive business practices. Providing affordable, high-quality healthcare is possible. nytimes.com/2025/07/28/nyr…

English
1
4
5
1.5K

Keşfet

@lukewgoldstein @moetkacik @cairo_claire1 @elonmusk @BarackObama @taylorswift13 @cristiano @BillGates