Live Nation Entertainment

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

Formerly	Live Nation, Inc.
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: LYV S&P 500 component
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	January 25, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-01-25)
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Michael Rapino (CEO and president) Greg Maffei (chairman)
Products	Ticketing technology
Services	Ticket sales Ticket resale Ticket exchange Concert production Marketing Advertising Artist management
Revenue	US$22.7 billion (2023)
Operating income	US$1.07 billion (2023)
Net income	US$734 million (2023)
Total assets	US$19.1 billion (2023)
Total equity	US$–17 million (2023)
Owner	Liberty Media (30.62%)
Number of employees	14,700 (2023)
Subsidiaries	Ticketmaster Live Nation Concerts Front Line Management Group Live Nation Network C3 Presents AC Entertainment Live Nation Merchandise
Website	livenationentertainment.com
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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is an American multinational entertainment company that was founded in 2010 following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster. It promotes, operates and manages ticket sales for live entertainment internationally. It also owns and operates entertainment venues and manages the careers of music artists.

The company has faced widespread criticism over its central role in the consolidation of the live events industry, allegations that it proactively engages in anti-competitive practices, poor handling of the ticket sale process for highly popular events, and injuries and deaths that have occurred at many of its events.

As of early 2023, Live Nation's annual shareholders report says the company has controlling interests in 338 venues globally and believes itself to be "the largest live entertainment company in the world," "the largest producer of live music concerts in the world," "the world’s leading live entertainment ticketing sales and marketing company," and "one of" the world's biggest artist management companies and music advertising networks for corporate brands.^[3]