Ticketmaster acquired its chief rival, Ticketron, in 1991. “Every building manager knows selling tickets is thankless,” Rosen said. “But Ticketmaster had better tech than anybody in the ...

This fee-sharing arrangement is how Ticketmaster is able to compete with its main competitor at the time, a company called Ticketron. It started poaching Ticketron’s venue clients, and by 1991 ...

The tale goes back to 1982, when Rosen joined Ticketmaster as chief executive. The company was a floundering, 25-employee regional company trying to beat giant Ticketron. He came up with a new ...

tour at a scant $18. This came just after Ticketmaster scooped up its main marketplace competitor, Ticketron. Pearl Jam eventually canceled its tour because it tried to perform in venues where ...

A civil antitrust lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice is proceeding against Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

Then, in 1991, Ticketmaster acquired Ticketron, one of the company’s largest competitors. Even before the acquisition, Ticketmaster successfully cut into Ticketron’s client base. Then-CEO Fred ...

Ever since Ticketmaster dethroned Ticketron as the top ticket seller in the 1980s, the company has built its dominance by offering large upfront cash payments in exchange for exclusive deals.

In a bold move, Pearl Jam charged Ticketmaster with creating a monopoly after they gobbled up principal competitor Ticketron in 1991. This allowed Ticketmaster to pile on whatever it wanted in ...

Ticketmaster was founded in 1975 as a competitor to the leading ticket agency at the time, Ticketron. Fred Rosen, the company's CEO in the 1980s, began the practice of offering venues a portion of ...