Congressional Statements Opposing Merger

December 22, 2009:
Congressman Pascrell’s Statement In Response To The United Kingdom Competition Commission’s Reversal Of Its Opposition To The Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger

December 16, 2009:
Taking It to the Seats: Pascrell Leads Coalition of Congressional Members, Consumer Advocates and Leaders of the Live Entertainment Industry in Launching TicketDisaster.com and TicketDisaster.org Against the Pending Merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation.

October 16, 2009:
Congressman Pascrell Responds To Wall Street Journal Report Of U.S. Justice Department’s Proposed Concessions In The Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger

October 8, 2009:
Congressman Pascrell Applauds British Competition Committee’s Ruling Against Ticketmaster-Live Nation Ruling; Urges U.S. Department of Justice To Do The Same

July 29, 2009:
Pascrell and Congressional Colleagues Band Together to Urge Close Scrutiny of Ticketmaster and Live Nation

February 24, 2009:
Statement of Senator Herb Kohl

February 24, 2009:
Statement of Senator Chuck Schumer

February 24, 2009:
Testimony of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. to the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy U.S. House of Representatives Regarding “Competition in the Ticketing and Promotion Industry”

Congressional Testimony Opposing Merger

February 26, 2009:
Testimony of Edmund Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director, U.S. Public Interest Research Group

February 24, 2009:
Testimony of Jerry Mickelson Chairman and Executive vice President of Jam Productions, Ltd.

February 24, 2009:
Testimony of Seth Hurwitz, independent promoter and owner of I.M.P.

February 24, 2009:
Testimony of David Balto, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund

Artists’ Objections to the Merger

February 4, 2009:
Bruce Springsteen

March 15, 2009:
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails

Consumers and Public Interest Groups Opposing the Merger

January 8, 2010:
CALPIRG calls on DOJ to block the deal

January 7, 2010:
E-Petition opposing merger.

December 2, 2009:
Public Interest and Live Event Industry Groups Announce New Coalition to Fight Anti-Competitive Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger

February 25, 2009:
Knowledge Ecology International

Independent Venue Owners, Promoters, and Industry Representatives Opposing the Merger

January 3, 2010:
First Avenue opposes Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger on anti-trust grounds

December 28, 2009:
9:30 Club Mobilizes Patrons Against Corporate Merger

December 14, 2009:
Ticketmaster’s Recent Misleading Comments Yet Another Reason to Block Merger

Studies Opposing Merger

American Antitrust Institute – Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger: Why the U.K. Decision to Permit the Merger Has No Bearing on the Pending U.S. Case

American Antitrust Institute White Paper on Ticketmaster-Live Nation

American Antitrust Institute – Ticketmaster Acquisition of Live Nation: An Antitrust Summary

James D. Hurwitz – Relevant Issues in Evaluating the Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger

David Balto – Block this music monopoly