The anti-trust investigation was not due to the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco. This is a misconception and I think it's the result of the media reconnecting the do

The anti-trust investigation was not due to the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco. This is a misconception and I think it's the result of the media reconnecting the dots. What's new is that some states Attorneys General have looking into Ticketmaster. The DOJ actually began looking into Ticket Master/Live Nation's practices months before the Swift fiasco: >"Members of the antitrust division’s staff at the Justice Department have in recent months contacted music venues and players in the ticket market, asking about Live Nation’s practices and the wider dynamics of the industry, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is sensitive."[1] And in many ways this is a continuation of their anti-trust probe that began in 2018/2019. [2] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/technology/live-nation-ticketmaster-investigation-taylor-swift.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/technology/live-nation-ti... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/01/arts/music/live-nation-ticketmaster.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/01/arts/music/live-nation-ti...