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Live Nation Settles Suit With Ticketing Startup, Buying Its Assets

FILE — Fans during Santigold's set at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., June 9, 2012. Two years ago, Songkick, a ticketing start-up that operated out of a loft in Brooklyn, filed an antitrust suit against Live Nation Entertainment, the colossus of the concert business. But less than two weeks before the start of a trial, Live Nation announced that it had settled the suit for $110 million and an additional undisclosed sum to acquire some of Songkick’s remaining technology assets and patents. (Chad Batka/The New York Times)