Episode
Ticketmaster's Extraction Engine (TCF Investigates)
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- The Capitol Forum
- Published
- May 5, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1797
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Summary
Is the Live Nation-Ticketmaster era finally over? In a landmark verdict, a jury found that Live Nation-Ticketmaster operated an illegal monopoly — a conclusion that musicians, venue owners, and fans had been waiting years to hear. For decades, Ticketmaster held the concert industry in a stranglehold, leveraging its market dominance and even government resources to lock out any competition that dared to emerge. Today on The Capitol Forum Investigates , reporters Krista Brown, Cole Cahill, and Rebecca Kern break down how Live Nation-Ticketmaster built the extraction engine that came to control live music — and what this verdict means for everyone who's ever bought a ticket. Read Krista Brown's article about Ticketmaster in The American Prospect