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PickleJar Entertainment Group Responds to Landmark Live Nation Antitrust Verdict
PickleJar Entertainment Group Responds to Landmark Live Nation Antitrust Verdict.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n PickleJar Entertainment Group Responds to Landmark Live Nation Antitrust Verdict\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nPickleJar Entertainment Group Responds to Landmark Live Nation Antitrust Verdict\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCompany Reaffirms Commitment to Independent Live Music Venues and Expands Venue Managed Services Across Houston, Austin, Nashville, New Orleans, and South Florida \r\n HOUSTON, TX - April 16, 2026 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - PickleJar Entertainment Group (OTC: PKLE), an independent live event technology company, today issued the following statement in response to yesterdays landmark federal jury verdict finding Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster liable for illegally maintaining monopoly power in the U.S. live events and ticketing market. \r\n The market is moving, and PickleJar is already there. Yesterdays verdict confirms what independent venue operators have experienced firsthand for years - a system designed to serve the platform, not the people running the show. We built PickleJar specifically for the local and independent venues that have been overlooked, overcharged, and cut off from their own fans. We are actively working with venues and festivals across our five priority markets today, and this ruling only accelerates the conversation. \r\n - Jeff James, Chief Executive Officer, PickleJar Entertainment Group \r\n The Verdict Confirms What Local Venues Have Always Known \r\n Yesterdays federal jury finding - that Ticketmaster controlled approximately 86% of the concert ticketing market through anticompetitive conduct - is not a surprise to the independent venue community. It is a confirmation of what local operators have navigated for more than a decade: a marketplace where their options were artificially limited, their costs were inflated, and the data about their own fans was controlled by a platform they did not own and could not leave without consequence. PickleJar Entertainment Group was built in direct response to this reality. \r\n Purpose-Built for Local Live Music \r\n Local and independent live music venues are the backbone of live entertainment in America. They develop emerging artists, anchor communities, and create the experiences that define a citys cultural identity. For too long, these operators have carried that responsibility while struggling under the weight of ticketing...