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A Careful Examination Of The Live Nation-Ticketmaster Merger, Barak D. Richman, Alan J. Meese
A Careful Examination Of The Live Nation-Ticketmaster Merger, Barak D. Richman, Alan J. Meese
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As great admirers of The Boss and as fans of live entertainment, we share in the popular dismay over rising ticket prices for live performances. But we have been asked as antitrust scholars to examine the proposed merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, and we do so with the objectivity and honesty called for by The Boss’s quotes above. The proposed merger has been the target of aggressive attacks from several industry commentators and popular figures, but the legal and policy question is whether the transaction is at odds with the nation’s antitrust laws.
One primary source of concern to …