NIVA Says Live Nation a Bigger Threat to Indie Venues Than Scalpers in Letter to FTC, DOJ

NIVA Says Live Nation a Bigger Threat to Indie Venues Than Scalpers in Letter to FTC, DOJ

Live Nation poses more of a threat to independent promoters and venues than scalpers, officials with the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) told the Trump administration in an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday (July 7). The letter follows a call for public comment from the two agencies in the wake of an executive order by President Trump earlier this year aimed at address…

Lobbying around the future of Live Nation heats up in the US

What do do – if anything – about Live Nation and Ticketmaster? That’s a big question this year in the US for the White House and regulators. The post is from Music Ally.

AIF Calls for U.K. Competition Investigation Into Live Nation

The Association of Independent Festivals is calling on U.K. regulators to investigate Live Nation, which allegedly constitutes a monopoly.

Submission to the FTC & DOJ: Comments on Unfair and Anticompetitive Practices in Live Ticketing (Docket No. ATR-2025-0002): - Chamber of Progress

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NIVA calls on DoJ, FTC to break Live Nation into four companies

The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) is calling on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to break Live Nation and Ticketmaster into four separate companies. The post NIVA calls on DoJ, FTC to break Live Nation into four companies appeared first on Hypebot.

AIF calls for competition regulator to investigate Live Nation’s market dominance in the UK

The Association Of Independent Festivals has called on the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority to investigate whether the dominance of Live Nation in the UK live music market creates competition law concerns. It follows the recent hearing of Parliament’s Business And Trade Committee where Live Nation and Ticketmaster execs faced tough questioning from MPs, who didn’t seem especially impressed with the answers they were offered. “Based on our an…