## Government sues Ticketmaster owner and asks court to break up company’s monopoly on live events

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sued Ticketmaster and its parent company Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America and asking a court to break up the system that squelches competition and drives up prices for fans.

Ticketmaster and its owner, Live Nation Entertainment, have a long history of clashes with major artists and their fans, including Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen.

“It’s time for fans and artists to stop paying the price for Live Nation’s monopoly,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

Ticketmaster, which merged with Live Nation in 2010, is the world’s largest ticket seller across live music, sports, theater and more.

The Justice Department allowed Live Nation and Ticketmaster to merge as long as Live Nation agreed not to retaliate against concert venues for using other ticket companies for 10 years.

Pearl Jam took aim at the company in 1994, years before the Live Nation merger, although the Justice Department ultimately declined to bring a case.

In March, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging that the tech giant has monopoly power in the smartphone market. »

### Trump supporters are now sending threatening letters to get people to vote for him

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We will notify President Trump if you don’t vote.

We are sending an official list of Republicans who fail to vote in the upcoming runoff to President Trump.

Paxton is a Trump loyalist who aided Trump’s baseless attempts to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election. »

### Justice Department sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster for monopolizing concert industry

Authored by cbsnews.com

Washington — The Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation of illegally monopolizing the live entertainment industry to the detriment of concertgoers and artists alike.

"We allege that Live Nation has illegally monopolized markets across the live concert industry in the United States for far too long.

Senior Justice Department officials alleged that Live Nation and Ticketmaster worked to unlawfully squeeze consumers for money even after artists get paid, through what they characterized as monopolistic intermediaries. »

### Helldivers 2 studio wants to slow down the pace of updates: 'We feel a slightly lower cadence overall will benefit both us, you, and the game'

Authored by pcgamer.com

It's been genuinely remarkable to watch Arrowhead build Helldivers 2 into a game experience that feels genuinely alive.

Eschewing a regular schedule of updates, Helldivers 2 developers appear to just do things, an embrace of chaos that keeps everyone on their toes.

"[at the moment] we feel a slightly lower cadence overall will benefit both us, you, and the game.". »

### The US is thinking about letting Ukraine use its weapons to strike Russia, even if it enrages Putin: report

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US officials are considering letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons, The New York Times reports.

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The US has barred Ukraine from striking targets in Russian territory with its arsenal of US weapons. »

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