The United States Department of Justice has approved a merger between the world’s largest ticketing company, Ticketmaster, and the world’s largest promoter and venue operator, Live Nation. The result is Live Nation Entertainment. Many fear the merger will lead to an obvious monopoly. Major artists such as Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam opposed the merger. The latter actually sued Ticketmaster in the ’90s for operating a monopoly; a case they… continue reading