LilMikeSF<p>National Independent Venue Alliance told <a href="https://c.im/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> it would ultimately prefer breakup of consolidated <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiveNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveNation</span></a> arms into four separate <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiveMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveMusic</span></a> industry companies.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/NIVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIVA</span></a> filed briefs suggesting separation of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Concert</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ticketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ticketing</span></a>, from the production and <a href="https://c.im/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/sponsorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sponsorship</span></a> wings, while <a href="https://c.im/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> management activities be split off as well after both federal <a href="https://c.im/tags/GOV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOV</span></a> agencies jointly requested public input on “unfair practices in the live <a href="https://c.im/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entertainment</span></a> marketplace.”</p><p>NIVA was founded in 2020 as a <a href="https://c.im/tags/collective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collective</span></a> live music industry voice during <a href="https://c.im/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> pandemic when most <a href="https://c.im/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>events</span></a> were cancelled and staff and <a href="https://c.im/tags/venues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>venues</span></a> faced dire straits financially.</p><p><a href="https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/07/niva-calls-on-doj-ftc-to-break-live-nation-into-four-companies.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/07/ni</span><span class="invisible">va-calls-on-doj-ftc-to-break-live-nation-into-four-companies.html</span></a></p>