Five Platforms. One Investigation. No Disclosure.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued Civil Investigative Demands to Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music on April 22, 2026, over alleged undisclosed payments for preferential playlist placement. No platform has responded.
The Room They Controlled
In 2011, a Live Nation VP called an independent promoter “street kids” in a federal court exhibit. Fifteen years later, a jury said monopoly. The federal government had already settled.
The Gap Doesn't Disappear. It Moves
A federal court exhibit shows $157 million in promoter losses on the same shows where Live Nation recorded $158 million
WHO SPEAKS FOR ARTISTS?
The founder of the Music Artists Coalition built the Live Nation monopoly. A board member testified in its defense. Six senators said no one representing artists was in the room when the deal was made. MAC has said nothing.
The Silence Is the Statement
April 18, 2026
Since a federal jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster guilty of illegal monopolization on April 15, 2026,
The Documents Live Nation Kept Sealed. The Email Thomas Dorfman Already Had.
April 18, 2026
Five days before a federal jury found Live Nation guilty of illegal monopolization, NBC News published internal
"Street Kids": The Lawsuit That Predicted Live Nation's Monopoly
In 2011 a Live Nation executive called independent promoter Thomas Dorfman street kids in a federal court exhibit. Last week a jury said Live Nation illegally monopolized the industry he was shut out of.
No Room: How Live Nation's Venue Control Shuts Out Independent Promoters
The verdict addressed ticketing. The buildings didn’t move. How Live Nation’s venue control shuts out the independent promoters the jury just vindicated.
What Happens to Your Fans When You Leave EVEN?
Mick Jenkins confirmed 7,055 fans opted in on EVEN. When an artist leaves the platform, who owns that relationship? The question is still on the record. EVEN hasn’t answered it.
They Didn't Write It. They Rephrased It.
BeatStars built a tool that pays producers to train the AI replacing them. We documented the pattern before their own CEO’s video dropped.
