Sal Collaziano
5-30-01, 08:13 PM
From audiogalaxy.com
This is low.
In addition to announcing a few more tour dates for her upcoming Drowned World Tour 2001, Madonna has just entered into an unholy alliance with America Online.
New subscribers to AOL's Internet service will have the first shot at tickets to any of the shows on the upcoming tour. Tickets don't go on sale to the general public until the week of May 13, but these lucky suckers will be able to purchase tickets as early as May 6. Current AOL subscribers will also have an early shot at tickets starting May 7.
America Online, in addition to being the lowest common denominator among Internet services, is a part of mega-media conglomerate AOL Time Warner Inc. Coincidentally, (yeah, right) Madonna's Maverick record label is owned by the corporation as well.
Further sullying the muck surrounding this promotion as corporate strong-arm tactic is the participation of new AOL Time Warner Inc. partner Ticketmaster Inc. That means that in order to ensure yourself tickets to a Madonna show, not only do you have to sign-up for crappy McInternet service, you're going to have to pay exorbitant "service charges" as well.
Isn't corporate imperialism great? It's almost enough to make you want to smash a window at one of your numerous neighborhood Starbucks, huh?
What do you think about the Madonna/AOL/Ticketmaster promotion?
This is low.
In addition to announcing a few more tour dates for her upcoming Drowned World Tour 2001, Madonna has just entered into an unholy alliance with America Online.
New subscribers to AOL's Internet service will have the first shot at tickets to any of the shows on the upcoming tour. Tickets don't go on sale to the general public until the week of May 13, but these lucky suckers will be able to purchase tickets as early as May 6. Current AOL subscribers will also have an early shot at tickets starting May 7.
America Online, in addition to being the lowest common denominator among Internet services, is a part of mega-media conglomerate AOL Time Warner Inc. Coincidentally, (yeah, right) Madonna's Maverick record label is owned by the corporation as well.
Further sullying the muck surrounding this promotion as corporate strong-arm tactic is the participation of new AOL Time Warner Inc. partner Ticketmaster Inc. That means that in order to ensure yourself tickets to a Madonna show, not only do you have to sign-up for crappy McInternet service, you're going to have to pay exorbitant "service charges" as well.
Isn't corporate imperialism great? It's almost enough to make you want to smash a window at one of your numerous neighborhood Starbucks, huh?
What do you think about the Madonna/AOL/Ticketmaster promotion?