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Ticketmaster

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63 articles accelerating

A 2026 jury finding that Ticketmaster and Live Nation maintained ticketing-market monopoly power capped coverage shifting from 2024 antitrust and breach reports to enforcement-driven changes.

Who they are

Ticketmaster appears in this coverage as Live Nation’s ticketing subsidiary and a central operator in the U.S. live-events ecosystem. Stories focus less on product launches than on the company’s role in ticket distribution, resale controls, consumer pricing disclosures, and the legal scrutiny attached to its relationship with Live Nation.

The recent arc

Coverage peaked in 2024Q2, propelled by two distinct shocks: the DOJ and state attorneys general sued to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster over alleged antitrust violations, while reports said a threat actor claimed to have accessed Ticketmaster and Santander data through stolen Snowflake employee credentials. The latter claim was disputed by Snowflake, but linked Ticketmaster to a broader cloud-security incident rather than a ticketing-market story alone.

Ticketmaster has appeared in 63 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2024Q2 with 14 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Live Nation, DOJ, Snowflake, TechCrunch.

Articles
63
mentions
Velocity
+100.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+1.667
velocity change
Sources
29
publications
The Verdict
The Department of Justice settled its antitrust case against Live Nation in March 2026 — divesting 13 amphitheaters, which Senator Klobuchar called "weak." One ...

Coverage Timeline

2025-05-13
The Verge 5 related

Ticketmaster says it now shows the full price of a ticket up front, as part of its efforts to comply with the US FTC's junk fees ban that takes effect on May 12

The first is “Click to Cancel” which goes into effect in July that requires companies to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up.  —  The second is this ban on hidden junk fees. … Forums: ...

2023-10-12
Hollywood Reporter 9 related

The US FTC proposes a rule to require ticket sellers and others to show the total price to users upfront; Ticketmaster and SeatGeek have pledged all-in pricing

Including ‘Hidden Mandatory Fees’ for Concert Tickets NBC News : FTC announces proposed rule to ban ‘junk fees’ X: Lina Khan / @linakhanftc : 1. Junk fees cheat American families out of tens of billio...

2023-10-11
Hollywood Reporter 8 related

The FTC proposes a new rule to require ticket sellers and others to show the total price to users upfront; Ticketmaster and SeatGeek have pledged all-in pricing

Ticketmaster and SeatGeek have already pledged to offer all-in pricing, but the rule would broaden it to other companies and industries.

2023-06-16
Reuters 17 related

The White House says Live Nation and Ticketmaster plan to start showing consumers upfront all-in pricing in September 2023, as part of a “junk fees” crackdown

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 53 tech news articles mentioning Ticketmaster, dating back to February 2016. The biggest stories include A US jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the... and The DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live.... Frequently covered alongside Live Nation, DOJ, Santander, Snowflake, and Eventbrite. Coverage has shifted toward safety, regulation themes and away from consumer, enterprise.

Key Moments

2024Q3enterprise -6pts; safety +35pts; developer -8pts
2024Q4enterprise -25pts; safety -50pts; consumer -25pts
2025Q1consumer +100pts; regulation -50pts

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