Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees tau tuav lub rooj sib hais lub lim tiam no hu ua, "Qhov ntawd yog Daim Pib: Txhawb Kev Sib Tw thiab Tiv Thaiv Cov Neeg Siv Khoom Hauv Kev Lom Zem," uas tau tsom mus rau lub xeev Live Nation Kev Lom Zem thiab tsis muaj kev sib tw hauv thawj thiab thib ob daim pib ua lag luam.
"Kuv tsuas yog xav tshem tawm qhov kev xav no tias qhov no tsis yog kev ywj pheej thiab tom qab ntawd peb tuaj yeem tawm ntawm qhov ntawd txog kev daws teeb meem," Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., tau hais hauv lub rooj sib hais, uas tau tuav hnub Tuesday.
Nyob Xeev Khuam Kev Lom Zem yog tsim los ntawm Live Nation, tus tshaj tawm cov xwm txheej thiab cov chaw ua haujlwm, thiab Ticketmaster, daim pib muag loj heev. Ob lub tuam txhab sib koom ua ke hauv xyoo 2010 thiab tam sim no tswj kev kwv yees 70% ntawm daim pib thiab nyob qhov chaw ua lag luam.
Nws tsis pub leejtwg paub tias Taylor Swift cov kiv cua tau npau taws heev Kaum ib hlis 2022 thaum tsheej plhom leej tuaj mus Ticketmaster.com mus lob daim pib mus saib poj huab tais siab phem thawj zaug 2018 thiab lub website poob. Cov kab tos ntev ntev thiab cov ntxaij vab tshaus khov ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov nrog cov kiv cua, thuam Ticketmaster rau kev rhuav tshem lawv txoj hauv kev kom pom lub hnub qub pop.
Joe Berchtold, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Live Nation Entertainment thiab tus thawj coj nyiaj txiag tau hais tias "Raws li tus thawj coj, peb muaj lub luag haujlwm ua kom zoo dua,"
Qhov no tsis yog thawj zaug cov neeg siv khoom tau hu rau kev tawg ntawm Ticketmaster thiab Live Nation. Nws kuj tsis yog thawj zaug uas Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees tau tshaj tawm tias tab tom nrhiav kev ua txhaum cai los ntawm lub tuam txhab.
Thaum Lub Teb Chaws Nyob thiab Ticketmaster kev sib koom ua ke tau pom zoo hauv xyoo 2010, nws tau nyob rau hauv cov xwm txheej ntawm tsab cai tso cai. Ntawm lwm yam, lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov kev pom zoo yog txwv tsis pub Live Nation los ntawm kev ua pauj tawm tsam qhov chaw siv daim pib uas tsis yog Ticketmaster. Tom qab kev tshawb nrhiav, 2019 DOJ tau ua nws txoj cai tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm tsab cai tiv thaiv kev ntseeg hauv 20 xyoo thaum nws liam tias Live Nation Entertainment ua txhaum tsab cai ntawd. Lub tuam txhab txiav txim siab nrog tsoom fwv.
"Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees tau liam rau 2019 qhov teeb meem hauv XNUMX uas ua rau peb txiav txim siab nrog lawv txuas ntxiv rau tsab cai tso cai. Peb tsis xav tias nws ua rau muaj kev pom zoo los tiv thaiv cov kev xav ntawm kev ua pauj lossis kev hem. Nws tsis yog peb txoj kev ua lag luam. Nws tawm tsam peb qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib raug zoo nrog cov kws ua yeeb yam. Lub tswv yim tias peb puas yuav muab peb txoj kev nyiam ua ntej ntawm lawv. Yog li peb txaus siab txuas ntxiv tsab cai tso cai, "Berchtold tau hais thaum lub rooj sib hais hnub Tuesday. Nws hais ntxiv tias "Nws yog peb txoj cai tiag tiag kom tsis txhob thawb, hem lossis ua pauj rau qhov chaw los ntawm kev siv cov ntsiab lus los ua ib feem ntawm kev sib tham pib," nws hais ntxiv.
Nyob rau hauv Kaum ib hlis 2022, Lub New York Times tshaj tawm tias DOJ tau rov tshawb xyuas lub tuam txhab dua.
Txawm hais tias Live Nation Kev Lom Zem muaj kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev lag luam, kev ua lag luam hauv nws tus kheej tsis yog txhaum cai hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Lub monopoly tshwm sim thaum lub tuam txhab tuav tshwj xeeb muaj los yog tswj ntawm ib qho kev lag luam.
Diana Moss, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm American Antitrust Institute tau hais tias "Yog tias peb ua monopolies tsis raug cai raws li tus nqi siab tshaj tus nqi thiab tsim cov txiaj ntsig monopoly rau lub tuam txhab, qhov kev txhawj xeeb yuav yog qhov uas yuav cuam tshuam rau kev pheej hmoo thiab kev ua lag luam," said Diana Moss, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm American Antitrust Institute.
Kev tsim txom ntawm txoj haujlwm monopoly yog lwm qhov teeb meem. Nws yog qhov txhaum cai rau kev lag luam los tsim lossis tswj kev ua lag luam los ntawm kev coj tsis ncaj thiab tsis tso cai rau lwm tus nkag mus rau hauv kev ua lag luam.
Clyde Lawrence, tus neeg hu nkauj-suab nkauj hauv New York City-based band Lawrence, tau ua pov thawj thaum lub rooj sib hais hnub Tuesday. Cov pab pawg tsis tu ncua cuam tshuam nrog Live Nation Entertainment. Nws feem ntau yog lawv cov neeg txhawb nqa, tus neeg saib xyuas chaw thiab tus neeg caij npav.
"Nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb uas tus txhawb nqa thiab qhov chaw tsis koom nrog ib leeg, peb tuaj yeem ntseeg tau tias tus txhawb nqa yuav saib kom tau qhov zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm qhov chaw; Txawm li cas los xij, nyob rau hauv rooj plaub no tus txhawb nqa thiab qhov chaw yog ib feem ntawm tib lub koom haum ua lag luam yog li cov kab khoom tseem ceeb yog Live Nation sib tham kom them nws tus kheej, "Lawrence tau hais.
Cov pab pawg tau hais rau CNBC yog tias lawv xav mus ua si qhov chaw me me hauv ib lub nroog tshwj xeeb, qee zaum lawv tsis muaj kev xaiv ntxiv dua li siv Live Nation vim tias tsis muaj kev sib tw hauv qee thaj tsam. Tom qab ntawd yog tias lawv xav siv lwm daim pib dua li Ticketmaster, lawv hais tias tsis yog ib qho kev xaiv.
"Ticketmaster tau tsim cov ntawv cog lus tshwj xeeb no, thaum koj kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus, ib pab pawg tsis raug tso cai los thiab hais tias, 'peb xav muag peb daim pib nrog X, Y, Z platform," said Jordan Cohen, ib tug ntawm cov pab pawg neeg. yim tus tswv cuab.
Lawv txawm muaj ib zaj nkauj nrog lub lyric, "Nyob rau lub teb chaws yog ib tug monopoly." Lawrence tau hais tias "Vim Live Nation txoj kev tswj hwm thoob plaws hauv kev lag luam, peb tau xyaum tsis muaj zog hauv kev sib tham," Lawrence tau hais.
Thaum lub tuam txhab muaj qee qhov kev sib tw, cov kws tshaj lij hais tias tsis muaj lwm lub tuam txhab tam sim no sawv cev rau txoj hauv kev.
“Tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem tau txais hom nplai uas Live Nation muaj. Qhov sib piv ze tshaj plaws yog Anschutz Kev Lom Zem Pab Pawg nrog lawv tus kheej hom kev pib pib platform. Tab sis lawv tau tshaj tawm cov lus hais rau lub zog ua lag luam ntawm Ticketmaster, uas yog tias lawv siv Ticketmaster rau daim pib Taylor Swift, "said Barton Crockett, tus thawj coj thiab tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas kev ncaj ncees ntawm Rosenblatt Securities.
Nws yog kev lag luam uas ntau tus neeg tau saib. Lawv tau hais txog kev xav nkag mus rau hauv nws, thiab tsis muaj leej twg muaj peev xwm tuav tau txaus sib koom ua lag luam los ua tus neeg muaj txiaj ntsig tiag tiag, "nws hais ntxiv.
Live Nation tsis kam CNBC qhov kev thov rau kev xam phaj lossis tawm tswv yim tab sis kuvna nqe lus ntawm nws lub vev xaib tau hais tias nws tawm tsam tuam txhab txoj cai los hem cov chaw yog tias lawv tsis siv Ticketmaster thiab hais tias nws tsis ua pauj rau ib tug poob daim pib deal.
Nws tsis paub meej tias yuav ua li cas ntxiv rau Live Nation Entertainment.
Saib cov yees duab no kom paub ntau ntxiv txog seb lub tuam txhab tau mus rau qhov twg niaj hnub no thiab yav tom ntej yuav tuav li cas.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/25/the-live-nation-and-ticketmaster-monopoly-of-live-entertainment.html