The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger: What Does it Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business?
Full Committee Hearing

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Time: 02:30 PM
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Agenda

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights on "The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger: What Does it Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business?" for Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Chairman Kohl will preside.

Member Statements

  1. Senator Herb Kohl (D - WI)
  2. Senator Charles Schumer (D - NY)

Witnesses

Panel I

  1. Irving Azoff
    Chief Executive Officer
    Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.
    West Hollywood , CA
  2. Jerry Mickelson
    Chairman and Executive Vice President
    JAM Productions
    Chicago , IL
  3. Michael Rapino
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Live Nation, Inc.
    Beverly Hills , CA
  4. David A. Balto
    Senior Fellow
    Center for American Progress Action Fund
    Washington , DC
  5. Seth Hurwitz
    Co-Owner
    I.M.P. Productions and 9:30 Club
    Washington , DC