Ticketmaster’s ‘Legally Permissible’ Abuse of Monopoly Power Won’t Fly
Today’s guest columnist is Mark Meador, president of the Fan Fairness Coalition and partner at Kressin Meador Powers. He is an antitrust authority with federal…
Today’s guest columnist is Mark Meador, president of the Fan Fairness Coalition and partner at Kressin Meador Powers. He is an antitrust authority with federal…
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The U.S. Department of Justice, 29 states and the District of Columbia sued Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, Thursday in the Southern District of New York…
According to a report in Rolling Stone, the Department of Justice is calling for concert and ticketing giant Live Nation to be broken up. It’s a remarkable claim in an…
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Live Nation’s pandemic recovery continued in 2022 as it returned to profitability for the first time since 2019. Amid fears of government intervention in the business…
Jared Smith is stepping down as global chairman of Ticketmaster at the end of the year, a move that should let the company’s next leadership team shape how the sports…