(BILLBOARD) Live Nation Entertainment chairman Irving Azoff said the company has entered into an agreement to partner with Wal-Mart to offer tickets at Wal-Mart stores in select markets across the U.S. His remarks came during a panel discussion at the NBA Technology Summit in Dallas today. About 500 stores will roll out the program in [...]
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Live Nation and Ticketmaster Merger Investigation Re-opened
Posted by @altair02 on February 12th, 2010
In another twist to the proposed merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the U.K.’s Competition Commission (CC) has re-opened its investigation into the tie-up. The CC confirmed today (Feb. 11) that the original Dec. 22 decision, which cleared the proposed merger in the U.K., had been quashed. German ticketing company CTS Eventim appealed against the [...]
Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger Approved
Posted by @altair02 on January 27th, 2010
Ticketmaster specializes in online ticketing whereas Live Nation focuses on concert promotions. The Department of Justice announced today that it will approve the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger after nearly a year of investigation and due diligence. The new company, to be called Live Nation Entertainment, has agreed to divest its Paciolan ticketing operation, acquired by Ticketmaster [...]
