Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury finds

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. This verdict is the first step toward a potential breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster. This verdict is the first step toward a potential breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopolist, a Manhattan jury found, according to Bloomberg. The jury found the company liable on three counts: illegally monopolizing the market for live event ticketing, amphitheaters, and tying its concert promotions business with the use of its venues, Bloomberg reported. The verdict, reached after several days of deliberation, leaves the live entertainment giant open to a potential breakup — which was the stated goal of the lawsuit back when it was filed by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice. Such an outcome would go far beyon