‘On the Ticket’: Swifties, Antitrust, & Amazon Rx 01/24/23

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