US Senators are calling on the DOJ to examine the "anticompetitive conduct" of Ticketmaster and its parents company, Live Nation. Advocates say they must be broken up.
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the power of Ticketmaster. Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged during the Obama administration in 2010. They now control over 70 percent of the ticketing and live events market.
Experts say they use their power to hike up ticket prices and charge exorbitant service fees while exploiting artists, independent venues, and fans. Senators are calling on the Justice Department to continue examining what they call the "anticompetitive conduct" of Ticketmaster.
Should Ticketmaster be broken up?