Live Nation’s Berchtold Downplays Scale of DOJ Investigation
The Department of Justice is investigating Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s longtime merger for monopolistic practices, but an executive at the…
ASA: Ticketmaster/BBC Misled Consumers on Coronation Tickets
UK’s independent advertising regulator has concluded that BBC and Ticketmaster misled public over King’s coronation tickets with a misinforming text…
Live Nation Gets Fresh Scrutiny at Vertical Merger Senate Hearing
The market dominance of Live Nation and its ticketing subsidiary Ticketmaster got a fresh round of scrutiny at the highest…
Break Up Ticketmaster? Antitrust Inst. Examines Potential Options
Is the Ticketmaster/Live Nation Entertainment pairing an unlawful monopoly? That debate has been going on for years, reaching new intensity…
Ticketmaster Slammed Over Coronation Concert Ticket “Shambles”
UK consumers are crying foul after a Ticketmaster mess related to a concert taking place as part of the Coronation…
California Bill Targeting Ticketmaster “Monopoly” Gains Traction
Legislation proposed in California that directly targets the Ticketmaster “monopoly” of live entertainment ticketing, passed its first hurdle by a…
DOJ Has Contacted SeatGeek, Paciolan for Ticketmaster/LN Probe
Antitrust lawyers working for the Department of Justice have been in contact with at least two companies in competition with…
Senators Blast Live Nation’s “Trust Us” Responses, Call for DOJ Inquiry
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT) issued a blistering response to Live Nation’s evasion of key questions posed…
Live Nation Gets Antitrust Lawsuit Moved to Arbitration on Appeal
Live Nation, in major hot water of late with legislators over allegations of anticompetitive behavior and failure to innovate because…
Analyst: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Operate “Pretty Monopolistically”
Speaking to Yahoo Finance earlier this week, American Economic Liberties Project Senior Policy Analyst Krista Brown was blunt in her…