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Ticketmaster North America Furloughs a Quarter of Company’s Employees

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Hundreds of staffers will receive health benefits but otherwise lose their salaries starting May 1, as the concert business faces any resumption of live music on a national scale being months away.

By Chris Willman Music Writer Ticketmaster North America has furloughed a quarter of its workforce, sources confirm to Variety, in one of the most tangible signs yet of the severity of the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on the concert industry.

The hundreds of affected employees were alerted Tuesday in a conference call that was followed by a letter from Ticketmaster president Jared Smith. “For the very first time in the history of live entertainment, the industry is completely shut down — something that a few short months ago would have

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