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Ticketmaster Owner Ran a Monopoly, Jury Finds

Ticketmaster owner Live Nation acted as a monopolist and overcharging fans, a jury has found in an antitrust trial initially filed by the Department of Justice alongside 30 state and district attorneys general.

This comes a month after Live Nation reached a settlement with the U.S. government in March shortly after the trial began. But a majority of states believed this wasn’t enough and continued to pursue the case further.

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