Tracking enforcement, accountability, and consumer rights in the live entertainment industry — from the DOJ antitrust action against Live Nation/Ticketmaster to emerging standards in venue safety and ticketing transparency.
The live entertainment industry moves more than $30 billion in annual ticket revenue. For most of that system's history, the paperwork behind it — contracts, pricing structures, venue agreements, safety protocols — stayed out of public view. That changed when the Department of Justice filed its antitrust action against Live Nation Entertainment and its Ticketmaster subsidiary — one of the most consequential legal proceedings the concert industry has ever faced. The case put o
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