更新于：2026年3月9日 / 美国东部时间上午11:11 / CBS新闻
Ticketmaster母公司Live Nation已与美国司法部（DOJ）达成协议，以解决其在票务业务中滥用主导地位破坏竞争并损害消费者利益的反垄断指控。
根据和解协议，Live Nation同意向40个起诉该公司的州支付2.8亿美元民事罚款，并出售部分露天剧场。多名消息人士告诉CBS新闻，Ticketmaster还必须开放技术平台，允许其他票务卖家使用其平台触达客户。
Live Nation尚未立即回应置评请求。该公司长期以来因票务销售问题与音乐艺术家和消费者产生冲突，曾辩称表演者设定票价并决定售票方式。
这一决定距Live Nation在纽约法庭开始的反垄断审判不到一周。
“此案关乎权力，即垄断者控制竞争的权力。”美国司法部律师大卫·达尔奎斯特（David Dahlquist）在3月3日的开庭陈述中表示，据美联社报道。
各州誓言继续抗争
并非所有参与诉讼的州都同意司法部与Live Nation达成的协议。纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯（Letitia James）周一誓言继续诉讼，称和解协议“未能解决本案核心的垄断问题”。
詹姆斯表示，来自20多个州的总检察长计划继续推进诉讼，以“恢复现场娱乐行业的公平竞争”。
美国司法部一位高级官员在记者会上为与Live Nation的协议辩护，称该机构预计更多州会支持这一和解。
“这一过程仍在进行中，”该官员补充道，司法部仍在积极解决各州可能存在的关切。
拜登政府期间提起诉讼
2024年，联邦检察官与数十个州联合起诉Live Nation和Ticketmaster，指控该公司违反反垄断法。
司法部在诉讼中称，Live Nation非法阻挠票务和音乐会推广领域的竞争，导致音乐爱好者支付更高票价，并限制场馆选择票务服务的权利。
Ticketmaster于1976年在亚利桑那州凤凰城成立。2010年，总部位于加利福尼亚州贝弗利山庄的Live Nation收购了该票务平台，并成立了Live Nation Entertainment。
编辑：Alain Sherter
美联社对本报道有贡献。
Live Nation to open Ticketmaster to other sellers and pay $280 million to settle antitrust charges
Updated on: March 9, 2026 / 11:11 AM EDT / CBS News
Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, has reached a deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle charges that the entertainment company’s dominance in the event ticket business undermined competition and hurt consumers.
Under the settlement, Live Nation agreed to pay $280 million in civil penalties to 40 states that sued the company over its practices and to sell some of its amphitheaters. Ticketmaster must also open technology to allow other ticket sellers to use its platform to reach customers, multiple sources told CBS News.
Live Nation did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company, which has long clashed with music artists and consumers over ticket sales, has argued that performers set prices and dictate how tickets are sold.
The decision comes less than a week after Live Nation’s antitrust trial kicked off in a New York courtroom.
“This case is about power, the power of a monopolist to control competition,” David Dahlquist, a Justice Department lawyer, said during opening statements on March 3, according to the Associated Press.
States vow to keep fighting
Not all the states involved in the suit agreed with the deal struck between the Justice Department and Live Nation. New York Attorney General Letitia James vowed to keep litigating on Monday, noting in a statement that the settlement “fails to address the monopoly at the center of this case.”
James said that attorneys general from more than two dozen states plan to move forward with the lawsuit in an effort to “restore fair competition to the live entertainment industry.”
A senior Justice Department official defended the Live Nation agreement in a call with reporters, adding that the agency expects more states to back the settlement.
“That’s a process that is still ongoing,” the official said, adding that DOJ is still actively working to address potential state concerns.
Lawsuit filed during Biden administration
Federal prosecutors, along with dozens of states, sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster in 2024 after alleging the company was violating antitrust laws.
As part of the suit, the Justice Department said Live Nation illegally thwarted competition in ticketing and concert promotion, leading music fans to pay higher prices for tickets and limiting venues’ options in choosing a ticketing service.
Ticketmaster was founded in 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2010, Beverly Hills, California-based Live Nation acquired the ticketing platform and formed Live Nation Entertainment.
Edited by Alain Sherter
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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