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Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger Reportedly Approved By DOJ

January 25, 2010

Billboard says the  Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger has been approved by the DOJ and is basically a done deal. This is big.

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New Digital Live Music Services: Live Nation-iTunes, EMI’s Abbey Road Live

November 24, 2009

Live Nation and iTunes just announced a partnership to sell live digital downloads from concerts at various Live Nation venues. Eliot from Wired’s Epicenter blog has a bit more info on the new offerings, which also include concert video as well as audio:
The new section represents another breakthrough in the promising area of live digital [...]

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Ticketmaster and Live Nation Merger Update

October 12, 2009

I haven’t really been following the updates on the proposed Ticketmaster and Live Nation merger, but this latest article from the AP confirms that there’s still some movement:
Regulators in the United Kingdom and United States appear likely to impose conditions on the merger of concert promoter Live Nation Inc. and ticket-selling giant Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. [...]

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Live Nation Announces “No Service Fee Wednesdays”

June 1, 2009
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Live Nation just announced today that starting this Wednesday, there will be no ticket service fees on any Live Nation amphitheater show purchased on a Wednesday this summer where they’re providing the ticketing (through their website, obviously). Good idea, you clever corporate giant, you!

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Update on the Ticketmaster / Live Nation Merger

May 12, 2009
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Jim DeRogatis has a fantastic summary posted of the recent news surrounding both Ticketmaster and Live Nation and their supposed merger that has yet to be approved by the Department of Justice.
5. The American Antitrust Institute last month issued a paper “urging the Department of Justice to ‘just say no’ to the proposed [Ticketmaster/Live Nation] [...]

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