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WASHINGTON (CelebrityAccess) \u2013 US Sen. Richard Blumenthal of New Jersey and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota have issued a letter asking assistant attorney general Makan Delrahim and the Department of Justice’s antitrust division to open an investigation into the ticketing industry, citing “serious concerns that online ticket markets are not working for American consumers.”<\/p>\n
The letter specifically takes issue with Live Nation. The mega-promoter, which merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, has been operating under a DOJ consent decree that bars it from withholding concerts and tours from buildings that don\u2019t use Ticketmaster, or retaliating when venues go with a competitor, however, that decree is set to expire in July.<\/p>\n
Live Nation\u2019s compliance with the 2010 decree has been under investigation for several years, amid complaints from competitors about the company\u2019s dominance in the live music market, according to Billboard. <\/em>While DOJ officials have never charged Live Nation with violating the consent decree and aren’t expected to before it expires next year, critics of the decree have called it ineffective, accusing Live Nation of “flouting its conditions.” Competing promoters and ticketing companies have also raised concerns over the fact that under the terms of the decree, Live Nation is allowed to prioritize tours for venues that use Ticketmaster, making it exceedingly difficult for them to prove retaliation has even taken place.<\/p>\n
Blumenthal and Klobuchar want the DOJ to “investigate the state of competition in the ticketing industry” and potentially extend the consent decree past July 2020. However, without any formal charges against Live Nation, it is unlikely DOJ officials will be able to convince a judge to find the promoter in contempt of the agreement or to extend the consent decree further, reports Billboard<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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