DOJ Forces Ticketmaster to Open‑Source

The Justice Department settled with Live Nation by requiring Ticketmaster to provide a standalone, open ticketing system that lets competitors sell primary tickets through the platform, and to divest some venues and stop retaliatory practices. Instead of breaking the company up, the deal uses mandated interoperability and venue divestitures to increase competition and reserve inventory for nonexclusive venues. — This establishes a new model of antitrust relief for platform monopolies—technical interoperability and non‑retaliation obligations—so other regulators may adopt similar remedies for digital gatekeepers.