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2024 Election Spending by Live Music’s Top Bosses Mostly Flat With 2020: Where Did They Donate?
2024 election donations by Live Nation and AEG bosses are compared with the 2020 election. See who Michael Rapino, Phil Anschutz and more gave to.
The spending cycle comes during an unusually politically active year for the concert business, with a major ticketing reform package inching forward in Congress and the Department of Justice’s investigation of Live Nation on anti-trust grounds making its way through the courts. Anschutz, a Colorado billionaire who made large parts of his fortune in energy, railroads and communications, has long supported groups like the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Meanwhile, Gregg Maffei, president/CEO of Liberty Media and the chairman of Live Nation Entertainment, spent more than $112,000 on conservative politicians and political causes, mostly supporting the presidential candidacy of Trump and Senate Republicans.
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