The twist in the Ticketmaster antitrust fight
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The US government's antitrust case against Live Nation-Ticketmaster, which could have exposed music industry issues, ended in a settlement instead of a trial, as explained by The Verge's Lauren Feiner.
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A lot of people are mad at Ticketmaster, and have been for a long time. (Did Swifties directly create an antitrust trial? Discuss.) The US government's case against Live Nation-Ticketmaster appeared poised to lay bare some of the strangeness of the music business, and maybe even change the way the company works.
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And then, well, the Department of Justice and Live Nation-Ticketmaster decided to settle. On this episode of The Vergecast, The Verge's Lauren Feiner explains what happ …