{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6dab3ca4-41f5-4fd4-bba6-224ab53f5113/641c54788e9d370011302f03?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Scalpers Are Selling Whole Ticketmaster Accounts Now","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b79eac169562946fe952a8/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s almost impossible to get retail priced tickets to The Cure’s newest live tour. Fans are, once again, turning to the secondary market despite the band’s insistence that Ticketmaster shut it down.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This week on Cyber, Joseph Cox and Motherboard Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler take us into the world of the ticket scalper, where whole Ticketmaster accounts are being sold in bulk and a “verified fan” is just someone the algorithm approves of.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Stories discussed in this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjqz4/the-cure-tried-to-stop-scalpers-brokers-are-selling-entire-ticketmaster-accounts-instead\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Cure Tried to Stop Scalpers. Brokers Are Selling Entire Ticketmaster Accounts Instead</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qb33/ticketmaster-cancels-public-taylor-swift-sale-scalpers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ticketmaster Cancels Public Sale for Taylor Swift Tickets Because It Already Sold Them All</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gx34/blink-182-tickets-are-so-expensive-because-ticketmaster-is-a-disastrous-monopoly-and-now-everyone-pays-ticket-broker-prices\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blink-182 Tickets Are So Expensive Because Ticketmaster Is a Disastrous Monopoly and Now Everyone Pays Ticket Broker Prices</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgxqb8/the-man-who-broke-ticketmaster\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Man Who Broke Ticketmaster</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on</strong><a href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Twitch</strong></a><strong> and</strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/motherboard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> YouTube</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or wherever you listen to your podcasts.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Hosted on Acast. See</strong><a href=\"https://acast.com/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>acast.com/privacy</strong></a><strong> for more information.</strong></p>","author_name":"VICE"}