{"id":184,"date":"2026-03-10T21:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=184"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:41:58","slug":"listen-to-the-live-nation-ceos-alleged-threats-to-a-concert-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"Listen to the Live Nation CEO\u2019s alleged threats to a concert venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The US Department of Justice logo above a red ticket background.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Verge \/ Kenishirotie (via Getty)\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/STK268_TICKETMASTER_CVIRGINIA_B.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Was it a threat or a reality check? That&#8217;s a key question in the government&#8217;s anti-monopoly case against Live Nation, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/892353\/live-nation-ticketmaster-doj-states-settlement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">currently in limbo<\/a> after the Justice Department reached a settlement with the company and as dozens of states push ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>The Verge<\/em> obtained the audio of a 2021 call at the center of the case. The recording, a public exhibit that was played for jurors in the first week of trial, features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/889720\/live-nation-ticketmaster-trial-doj-barclays-center-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then-CEO of Barclays Center John Abbamondi<\/a> and Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino arguing over a ticketing deal for Brooklyn&#8217;s Barclays Center arena. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/68557723\/1163\/14\/united-states-of-america-v-live-nation-entertainment-inc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript of the call<\/a> was previously posted to the docket, but the audio gives a be \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/892558\/live-nation-ceo-michael-rapino-barclays-center-john-abbamondi-ticketmaster-call-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was it a threat or a reality check? That&#8217;s a key question in the government&#8217;s anti-monopoly case against Live Nation,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}