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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is an entertainment company that engages in producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via its global concert pipe. It operates through four business segments: Concerts, Ticketing, Artist Nation, and Sponsorship and Advertising. The Concerts segment involves the global promotion of live music events in their owned and operated venues and in rented third-party venues, the operation and management of music venues and the production of music festivals across the world. The Ticketing segment is primarily an agency business that sells tickets for events on behalf of their clients and retains a convenience charge and order processing fee for their services. The Artist Nation segment provides management services to music recording artists in exchange for a commission on the earnings of these artists. The Sponsorship and Advertising segment employs a sales force that creates and maintains relationships with sponsors, through a combination of strategic, international, national and local opportunities for businesses to reach customers through its concert, venue, artist relationship and ticketing assets, including advertising on its websites. The company was founded on August 2, 2005 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. operates as a live entertainment company. The company operates through Concerts, Sponsorship & Advertising, Ticketing, and Artist Nation segments. The Concerts segment promotes live music events in its owned and/or operated venues, and in rented third-party venues; operates and manages music venues; and produces music festivals and creates associated content. The Sponsorship & Advertising segment sells international, national, and local sponsorships and placement of advertising, including signage, online advertising, and promotional programs, as well as media offerings, such as live streaming and music-related original content; and ads across the company's distribution network of venues, events, and Websites. This segment also manages the development of strategic sponsorship programs, as well as develops, books, and produces custom events or programs for clients' specific brands. The Ticketing segment manages the ticketing operations, including providing ticketing software and services to clients, and ticket resale services, as well as offers online access for customers relating to ticket and event information through its primary Websites livenation.com and ticketmaster.com. This segment sells tickets through Websites, mobile applications, ticket outlets, and telephone call centers. The Artist Nation segment provides management and other services to music artists; and creates and sells merchandise for music artists. As of December 31, 2016, the company owned, operated, or leased 98 entertainment venues and 130 other facilities in North America; and 33 entertainment venues and 107 other facilities internationally. The company was formerly known as Live Nation, Inc. and changed its name to Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. in January 2010. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.