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Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly and overcharged fans
Jurors said the companies overcharged fans by $1.72 per ticket and left the judge to decide possible penalties or a breakup.
- On Wednesday, a Manhattan federal jury found that Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and its Ticketmaster subsidiary operated as an illegal monopoly, violating federal and state antitrust laws after a five-week trial.
- The 2024 lawsuit, initially led by the Department of Justice alongside dozens of state attorneys general, alleged that Live Nation's market control harmed consumers, artists, and venues through exclusive booking agreements and predatory practices.
- Internal company messages reviewed by jurors, including one from executive Benjamin Baker boasting of "robbing them blind, baby," showed that Ticketmaster overcharged consumers by $1.72 per ticket.
- While the Trump administration settled its claims last month without forcing a company split, more than 30 states continued litigation, yielding this verdict and triggering a remedies phase for damages and structural relief.
- Judge Arun Subramanian will preside over the upcoming remedies phase to determine damages and potential structural changes, though industry experts expect Live Nation to appeal any court-ordered breakup.
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Jury Rules Live Nation Illegally Dominated Concert and Ticketing Industry
A federal jury has found that Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, violated antitrust laws by operating as an illegal monopoly in the live entertainment and ticketing industry, and the court will now determine damages and consider remedies. The post Jury Rules Live Nation Illegally Dominated Concert and Ticketing Industry appeared first on The Washington Informer.
Jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be monopolists over $1.72 concert ticket price increase
Live Nation and Ticketmaster were found liable for monopolizing parts of the live entertainment market on Wednesday, after a panel of jurors concluded that concertgoers were overcharged a whopping $1.72 per ticket at certain venues. Live Nation, a venue operator and concert promoter, acquired Ticketmaster, which facilitates primary and secondary ticket sales, in 2010. In 2024, Live Nation was sued by the Justice Department, states, and the Dist…
A jury in the United States found that the entertainment giant Live Nation exercised an illegal monopoly through its Ticketmaster company, in violation of federal and state laws, according to the California Attorney General.
Ticketmaster Monopoly Verdict Raises Questions After Cerritos Move to Ticketing Giant - Los Cerritos Community News
April 17, 2026 By Brian Hews CERRITOS — A blockbuster federal jury verdict finding Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster operated an anticompetitive monopoly is sending shockwaves through the live entertainment industry — and raising fresh questions locally following Cerritos’ recent move to the ticketing giant. A Manhattan federal jury ruled this week that Live Nation and Ticketmaster used their dominance over major concert …
Live Nation-Ticketmaster Monopoly Ruled Illegal in Jury Verdict Secured by Florida Attorney General
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a jury verdict against Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster in a federal antitrust case, following a four-day deliberation in a New York court. According to the attorney general’s office, the jury found that Live Nation operated an illegal monopoly within the live entertainment industry. […] The post Live Nation-Ticketmaster Monopoly Ruled Illegal in Jury …
SC concertgoers overpaid for tickets, jury finds in Ticketmaster trial
Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, ran an illegal monopoly that resulted in higher ticket prices in at least 33 states, a federal jury decided in a major lawsuit. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)COLUMBIA — South Carolinians overpaid on concert and event tickets bought through Ticketmaster, a federal jury decided this week as the result of a major antitrust lawsuit filed in 2024 against the platform and its owner. Af…
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