"What an unpopular melody," said Lex in the FT. The planned $2.5bn tie up between Ticketmaster and Live Nation has upset everyone from US senators to Bruce Springsteen. The world's largest concert promoter and its top ticket seller could create a new "entertainment powerhouse of game-changing proportions", said Ethan Smith in The Wall Street Journal.
But many fear this could be "The Day the Music Died", as Paul La Monica put it on CNNMoney.com. The deal is sure to attract the interest of the competition authorities, says Lex in the FT.
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