Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Ticketmaster and LiveNation Merger


Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Live Nation Inc. are close to a merger, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that would consolidate two of the most powerful forces in the music industry under one roof.

The newly created company would be called Live Nation Ticketmaster, and would combine the world's biggest concert promoter with the world's dominant ticketing and artist-management company. The ...

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4 comments:

  1. Mack,
    why did Azoff?

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  2. I'm waiting on P.Jam's and Vedder's comments on this...screw this larger than life monopoly economical schemes. Wanna bet concert tickets will get more expensive? If not now (the world is at the place it is), in 2 or 3 years.

    ard

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