President & Chief Financial Officer, Live Nation Entertainment
Search every verified Joe Berchtold interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Joe Berchtold, President and CFO of Live Nation Entertainment, participated in the company's earnings calls for the first quarter of 2026, as well as for the fourth, third, second, and first quarters of 2025. On the Q1 2026 call, Berchtold discussed the company's venue strategy, stating that Live Nation expects to grow its Venue Nation fan count by double digits in 2026, driven by increased performance at existing venues and new additions. He also addressed a mid-single-digit headwind in the ticketing segment, attributing it to steps the company took to limit broker inventory on the Ticketmaster system, which he described as a one-time structural step down. Berchtold characterized the secondary ticket market as a "feature, not a standalone product," and said he expects it to gradually decline over time as primary ticketing wins out. In prior calls, Berchtold commented on the competitive landscape and the company's growth initiatives. On the Q4 2025 call, he noted that a court ruling found that Live Nation's promotion and booking services are not a monopoly, which he said undermines the argument for breaking up the company. He also discussed the company's sponsorship business, stating it was over 70% booked and expected to be up double digits in AOI. On the Q1 2025 call, Berchtold said the company was still in "early innings" of improving its pricing strategies. He also stated that the primary reason venues choose Live Nation is that "we just sell more tickets," citing the effectiveness of Ticketmaster in helping promoters achieve higher grosses.
“We have a few motions that we made as it related to some of the evidence and how that proceeds. So, we need a ruling on that. Two is the judge determining the process for the review of the settlement with the Department of Justice and then third is the remedies portion of the trial that that just concluded. So, we have...”
“This is a great vehicle that the team developed to think about how it is we fund the venue side of the business going forward. You know, I've talked before about how in my mind there's a little bit of a prop co co the two businesses that we have here, and there's an opportunity with the prop co to effectively have a sy...”
“Those mid single digit headwinds are really talking about steps that we've taken in the secondary um, that we announced earlier some pretty dramatic steps that limit the broker inventory being put on the Ticketmaster system that we said would be a step down, a structural step down that would have that level of impact....”
“I think it's probably a a gradual decline. I I think there's anything that is you know, notwithstanding some of the changes we're making this year that there'll be a structural drop. I just think over time primary will win. Content will control its tickets and it will be a slow decline. We've We've long said we conside...”
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Live Nation president and CFO Joe Berchtold apologized to Taylor Swift and her fans for the Ticketmaster issues that arose during the November 2022 on-sale for her 2023 tour. Berchtold also said at the Jan. 24, 2023 Senate hearing that Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, would "do better" to fight bots. Read more: https://yhoo.it/3Hqnb2p Follow us on: Facebook: / yahoonews Instagram: / yahoonews Twitter: / yahoonews TikTok: / yahoonews Website: https://news.yahoo.com/
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