The Justice Department approved with conditions the merger of Ticketmaster Entertainment and Live Nation, letting the companies create a new challenger to traditional record labels. ...more

January 26, 2010

Two of the biggest forces in the entertainment business are joining up. Concert promoter Live Nation Inc. and ticketing giant Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday morning that they plan an all-stock merger of equals. The combined company will be called Live Nation Entertainment. ...more

February 10, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now that their feud is up in smoke, Cheech and Chong are high on plans to reunite for their first comedy tour in more than 25 years. ...more

July 30, 2008

AVON PARK — As a Long Island, N.Y. police officer, Eddie Mahoney couldn't see himself in a uniform with short hair for 20 years. Trading in his badge for a microphone and with a slight name change, Eddie Money couldn't "Walk on Water," but he would go on to belt out a string of powerful rock songs from the late '70s and the 1980s. Continuing to be one of the hardest working men in rock and roll, Money and his band will take the stage at 7:30 p.m., June 27 at the South Florida Community College Auditorium. The younger crowd is taking notice of his music, Money commented Friday from his tour bus during a phone interview with Highlands Today. ...more

June 16, 2008

They're puttin' the Ritz back into Ybor City. One of the area's grand old structures refuses to buckle under age or neglect, and this weekend makes plenty of noise about its future. ...more

June 6, 2008

As a Solomon-esque display of even-handedness, a pursed-lipped clutch of Democratic National Committee clipboards have managed to split a very, very ugly baby. ...more

June 3, 2008

Madonna and concert promoter Live Nation Inc. announced a deal Tuesday that will give the company an all-encompassing stake in the music of the Material Girl, the latest big-name artist to break ranks with a major record label. ...more

October 17, 2007

Madonna's deal to abandon Warner Music for concert promoter Live Nation signals more than just a tectonic shift in the music distribution business: It shows how far Live Nation is willing to go to break the hammerlock Barry Diller's Ticketmaster has on online ticket sales. ...more

October 12, 2007