The Guardian reported that Ticketmaster collects an average of $7.58 per ticket sold at major venues. According to an ...
Our fees are too high. We can’t defend them,” Michael Rapino, Live Nation’s longtime head, told a band manager in 2016, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino thinks concerts are too cheap, actually. - Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The comments from Rapino came ...
FILE - An advertisement for Ticketmaster is viewed along an area reserved for special guests on the sideline of the field before an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept ...
Jack Groetzinger, who co-founded ticketer SeatGeek in 2009, said he started reporting Ticketmaster’s “illegal conduct” to the Department of Justice in 2016.
For many college students, concerts are milestones. Seeing Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour or Ariana Grande’s 2026 comeback tour can feel like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But Ticketmaster’s glitches, ...
The DOJ argued Live Nation was a monopoly controlling the concert industry, needing to be broken up. Instead, the billionaires win again.
In perhaps the most out-of-touch statement since Lucille Bluth priced bananas, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino — the boss of the company that runs Ticketmaster — said that, actually, concert tickets ...
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The trial that could change the way you purchase concert tickets is about to begin. A civil antitrust lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2024, joined by New Jersey and 39 states and ...