Editing Ticketmaster (section)

=== Live Nation merger ===
In February 2009, Ticketmaster entered into an agreement to merge with event promoter [[Live Nation (events promoter)|Live Nation]] to form [[Live Nation Entertainment]].<ref name="merger">[http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/live-nation-and-ticketmaster-agree-to-merge/ Live Nation and Ticketmaster Agree to Merge] New York Times. 10 February 2009.</ref> The deal was cleared by the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Justice Department]] in January 2010 under the condition that the company sell Paciolan to [[Comcast Spectacor]] or another firm, and license its software to [[Anschutz Entertainment Group]] (AEG), its biggest competitor.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/business/26ticket.html|title=Justice Dept. Clears Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger|last=Sisario|date=2010-01-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> The new company, which would be called Live Nation Entertainment, would also be subject to provisions for 10 years that prevented it from retaliating against venues that partnered with competing ticketing firms.<ref name=":1" /> When the DOJ planned to bring court proceedings against the company in 2020 for six violations to these provisions, Live Nation agreed to a settlement that extended them an additional fine years to 2025.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Dave |date=2020-01-14 |title=Despite Multiple Consent Decree Violations, Live Nation Gets Slap on Wrist from DOJ |url=https://www.ticketnews.com/2020/01/live-nation-consent-decree-doj-slap-on-wrist/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=TicketNews |language=en-US}}</ref> Live Nation CEO [[Michael Rapino]] was named CEO of the new company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ticketmaster-livenation-idUSTRE5194DL20090210|title=Live Nation to buy Ticketmaster|date=2009-02-10|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref>

One year after merging, Live Nation settled a previous class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster which alleged that the company had misled plaintiffs in its descriptions of delivery and processing fees.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1179485/live-nation-to-pay-223-million-to-settle-class-action-suit-against|title=Live Nation to Pay $22.3 Million to Settle Class Action Suit Against Ticketmaster|date=27 January 2011|magazine=Billboard Magazine}}</ref>