Bipartisan Senators Call for Further DOJ Investigation into Ticketmaster

A bipartisan duo of lawmakers, Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah.), are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to further its investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by events companies Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

In a letter sent on Thursday to Jonathan Kanter, DOJ’s Antitrust Division assistant attorney general, the senators wrote that they’re “concerned about the state of competition in America’s ticketing industry,” noting how Live Nation and its widely-used subsidiary Ticketmaster have used monopoly power and anti-competitive status to harm fans and artists.

Both senators, who serve as members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, conducted a hearing on the topic last month after news reports detailed significant service failures and delays on Ticketmaster’s website in November as fans tried to purchase concert tickets for Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour.”

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