Jurors in a federal antitrust trial just found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly driving up fees for fans.

CNN Chief Media analyst Brian Stelter joins us now over the phone with details.

So Brian, what did the jury determine?

Today on the fourth day of deliberations, this Manhattan jury delivered the verdict that Live Nation and Ticketmaster have been trying to avoid for years.

This has been going on for a long time, but this jury today, it said the music industry giant did operate as a monopoly in its dominance of the live events and ticketing industry.

You know, this is a very complex trial, but the bottom line is that Live Nation was found to be stifling competition and driving up fees for fans.

CNN's Karras-Kanel is at the courthouse right now.

She does the jury being dismissed.

And the next step is a remedies trial, along with the review of the federal government settlement.

And that's one of the most important subplots here.

The federal government originally teamed up with lots of state attorneys general to bring this blockbuster case.

But then, Live Nation did a lot of lobbying, lobbying the Trump administration hard.

And the Justice Department reached a settlement deal.

So they struck a deal, but the state AGs continued to fight in court.

That's why this trial went on.

That's why this jury delivered this verdict today.

So it shows a divide in America between the federal government and the state-level attorneys

general.

And that's a divide we're probably going to continue to see as the Trump administration

appears to be more lenient on big business.

But the state-level attorneys general, they are still bringing these cases.

This is the primal scream of a dying regime.

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