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Tom Waits takes on ticket scalpers


September 02, 2008 Tom Waits became the first recording artist to use Ticketmaster's paperless ticketing technology during his 13-date U.S. theater tour earlier this summer. Ticketmaster first offered paperless tickets during the NBA's 2007-08 season, when they were used by the Phoenix Suns, the Orlando Magic and the Miami Heat. Ticketmaster's expansion of its own secondary ticketing business this year through its $265 million acquisition of TicketsNow raises questions about how motivated the ticketing giant would be to encourage other touring artists to drop paper tickets.

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