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news Cbc World 2026-04-15

Jury rules Live Nation, Ticketmaster guilty of concert monopoly

A jury determined that Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, maintained a harmful monopoly over major concert venues. This ruling was part of a lawsuit filed by numerous U.S. states accusing the companies of anticompetitive practices.


<img alt="Live Nation logo" height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/6a41b604-6f59-43f5-ba47-8f424790a6c5,1716499364376/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1919%2C1079%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Live Nation logo" width="620" /><p>A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states.</p>

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