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Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found April 15 that entertainment giant Live Nation, which hosts tens of thousands of concerts a year, and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big venues.
The ruling, in a lawsuit brought by dozens of states, won’t immediately bring relief for concertgoers who have long comp ... (full story)

It's music festival season. How to stay safe and healthy while enjoying the show

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NEW YORK (AP) — Music festival season has arrived: a time to gather outside with friends, listening to tunes, dancing, and maybe even getting the chance to rub shoulders with musicians you love.
“Live music nourishes your soul and makes you feel truly alive,” says Chris Bro, host of the “Next” radio ... (full story)

ChatGPT maker OpenAI shifts its focus to business users amid Anthropic pressure

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The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI’s chief financial officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is also now doing her most mundane tasks at work like summarizing her emails and Slack messages.
Friar and other company executives are banking OpenAI's future on more of the latter as i ... (full story)

Thousands suffer nausea, delirium and other health issues from toxins in the Tijuana River

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The smell of rotten eggs permeates Steve Egger's Southern California home, especially at night as the nearby Tijuana River foams up with sewage from Mexico before emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
Egger, 72, says he and his wife have frequent headaches and wake up congested and coughing up phlegm. Their hom ... (full story)

Snapchat owner cuts 16% of global staff in latest round of job cuts

The owner of social media platform Snapchat said last week it's eliminating about 16% of its global workforce, or about 1,000 jobs that will be culled in its latest round of layoffs.
Snap Inc. said in a regulatory filing that the job cuts will cost about $95 million to $130 million in severance payments and related costs.
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