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Monday, September 15, 2025
Live Nation Stock Climbs as Antitrust Storm Clouds Gather
www.ticketnews.com: Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) continues to trade near record highs, but pressure is mounting as regulators, lawmakers, and fans raise questions about its dominance of the live entertainment market.
1 comment:
Concorde77
said...
I mean is it really any shock that a monopoly is seeing their stocks continue to climb on Wall Street? The fact that Live Nation maintains such a high level of control of live events ticketing, via Ticketmaster, and control over many venues puts the corporation in an almost sure-fire position to turn a profit. It is a bit surprising to me that the Department of Justice hasn’t pushed the antitrust lawsuit on Live Nation as much as Google. Both of them seem to be in a position where they have very clear control over their respective industries, though both are large enough corporations that could put up very large fights. It is also entirely possible that the DOJ was choosing to handle one large antitrust case at a time, rather than splitting resources to pursue both. So who knows, perhaps the DOJ will begin to go after Live Nation now that the Google suit has reached its conclusion.
1 comment:
I mean is it really any shock that a monopoly is seeing their stocks continue to climb on Wall Street? The fact that Live Nation maintains such a high level of control of live events ticketing, via Ticketmaster, and control over many venues puts the corporation in an almost sure-fire position to turn a profit. It is a bit surprising to me that the Department of Justice hasn’t pushed the antitrust lawsuit on Live Nation as much as Google. Both of them seem to be in a position where they have very clear control over their respective industries, though both are large enough corporations that could put up very large fights. It is also entirely possible that the DOJ was choosing to handle one large antitrust case at a time, rather than splitting resources to pursue both. So who knows, perhaps the DOJ will begin to go after Live Nation now that the Google suit has reached its conclusion.
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