The Swiftie Times

Your go-to update blog for Taylor Swift since… two minutes ago

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reminder: PET SELFIE NIGHT is TODAY at 10:30PM EST (that’s in around 1.5 hours)‼️‼️‼️ #swiftiepetnight

please please join, it’s been a stressful week and i would love to see all your fluffballs ❤️

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in 25 mins 😼

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In The Past 24 Hours...

12:00 PM EST: Taylor posted a statement to instagram expressing her frustration and sadness at the Ticketmaster situation.

2:08 PM EST: Jack Antonoff tweeted about protecting touring artists, and, just for fun, added that Kanye is a “little bitty little bitch”

2:55 PM EST: 31 Democrats in the House of Representatives wrote a letter urging the Department of Justice to investigate Ticketmaster “in light of the Taylor Swift tour fiasco.” The New York Times reported that the Justice Department has opened an anti-trust investigation into Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s parent company.

Following the letter, The New York Times reported that the Justice Department has opened an anti-trust investigation into Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s parent company.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY: A social media app for swifties, Swiftspace, started to gain traction in light of Twitter possibly shutting down. Fans have pointed out that it is not affiliated with Taylor’s team and the safety of your data while using the app is questionable, especially given how accurate its user location data is.

[cages-boxes-hunters-foxes]

not the word “swifties” being used in a congressional press release today

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[cages-boxes-hunters-foxes]

i am screaming…..all this because of our taylor

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Taylor via Instagram stories, 11/18/2022

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In The Past 24 Hours...

12:00 EST: Taylor released a new Anti-Hero Remix for 69 cents. 

3:00 EST: Ticketmaster canceled the general sale for The Eras Tour less than 24 hours before it was set to start, due to “insufficient ticket inventory.” 

In a since-deleted explanation (link to @cages-boxes-hunters-foxes​ transcript: x), Ticketmaster claimed

Over 3.5 million people registered for the Verified Fan Presale, the largest in history. 1.5 million people were given presale codes, while the remaining 2 million got waitlisted

An “unprecedented” amount of bot attacks led to 3.5 million system requests, 4x their previous peak

2 million tickets were sold in the first day, November 15. Every ticket went to someone with a Verified Fan code, only 15% of users experienced issues, and 90% fewer tickets are posted for resale

Ticketmaster’s chairman also revealed that “14 million people hit the cite, including bots”

Fans pointed out that Ticketmaster chose how many people got access codes had a week to prepare for the demand. 

4:18 EST: AOC tweeted about the outrage, calling to break up the Ticketmaster-LiveNation monopoly 

(Link to the letter writing campaign in her tweet)

The monoploly has resulted in the majority of stadiums across the United States having an exclusive contract with Ticketmaster.  The majority shareholder for Ticketmaster also owns iHeartradio, SiriusXM, and Pandora, making it nearly impossible for artists or customers to not use their “service.” This has allowed Ticketmaster to get away with paying scalpers to buy tickets in order to get a cut from the resale market, along with various other shady business practices.

ROUGHLY 10PM EST: News breaks that Twitter has closed its doors to its employees, causing a mass migration to Tumblr (and widespread glitches). 

[theswiftietimes]

hello everybody! welcome to the swiftie times, an update blog for all things taylor. with the eras tour on the horizon, that green light turning on when you least except it, and ticketmaster finding new ways to be a little bitch by the hour, we thought we’d make a central location for updates.

who is running this blog?

claire @likeadevils and amy @paintedmegolden. if you would like to help, especially if you’re an international fan, please dm claire

how often will you be posting updates?

we’ll be posting as things happen as often as possible, but we’ll also post a little rundown at the end of the day if multiple things happen!

will you be just be posting updates about taylor or will you also post updates about the fandom?

mostly updates about taylor, but animal anon deactivating deserves to make national news.