The antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster
Gone quiet · last story Apr 15, 2026
What this arc covers
The Justice Department's 2024 antitrust suit against Live Nation and its Ticketmaster business, the FTC's 2025 suit over resale tactics and pricing, the settlement talks and internal messages released in the case, and the April 2026 jury verdict that the companies held a concert venue monopoly.
Earliest story we hold Apr 16, 2024 · 6 stories · 77 independent sources (counted once each) · 729 days
Part of Antitrust cases
- The antitrust case against Live Nation and TicketmasterThis arcApr 16, 2024 – Apr 15, 2026
- The Justice Department's search monopoly case against GoogleAug 5, 2024 – Sep 2, 2025
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Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side
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Every week as a table
| Week of | Left | Center | Right | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2024 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| May 20, 2024 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 128 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 72 |
| Apr 13, 2026 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 65 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
31% left · 57% center · 12% right of 77 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 6 stories.
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April 2024
Apr 16WSJ: Justice Department will sue Live Nation for antitrust violations6 articles · 6 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 1 rightMay 2024
May 23– 24The Justice Department is suing Ticketmaster and Live Nation. What does that mean for concertgoers?135 articles · 78 independent sources12 left, 27 center, 6 rightSeptember 2025
Sep 18FTC Sues Live Nation & Ticketmaster Over Resale Tactics, Deceptive Pricing22 articles · 20 independent sources3 left, 7 center, 1 rightMarch 2026
Mar 9– 10Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case - Boston News, Weather, Sports57 articles · 35 independent sources7 left, 11 center, 2 right- Mar 12– 13Live Nation employee mocks customers as 'so stupid' in internal messages released in court case20 articles · 10 independent sources1 left, 1 center, 2 right
April 2026
Apr 15– 16Jury finds Ticketmaster, Live Nation had concert venue monopoly71 articles · 47 independent sources10 left, 13 center, 5 right