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Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Cassel column.
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- November 12, 2004
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By Andrew Cassel, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 12--Comcast, we read the other day, is jumping into the ticket business.
Its Comcast-Spectacor unit -- the folks who bring you the Sixers and Flyers (well, maybe just the Sixers this year) is planning to cut its ties to Ticketmaster, the industry's 800-pound gorilla, in 2006.
After that, Comcast will go mano-a-mano with its former supplier for a share of the $15 billion ticket market.
Another story, meanwhile, revealed that things are jumping on Wall Street. As in jumping ship.
According to The New York Times, top brass at Merrill Lynch ...