Context: John C. Malone (born March 7, 1941) is an American business executive, landowner and philanthropist. He served as chief executive officer (CEO) of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996. Malone is now chairman of Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and Liberty Interactive all which he is the majority owner, and also owns 49% of Starz Inc. and 29% of Discovery Communications. He was interim CEO of Liberty Media, until succeeded by former Oracle CFO Greg Maffei., Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is an American ticket sales (primary ticket outlet) and distribution company based in West Hollywood, California, with operations in many countries around the world. In 2010 it merged with Live Nation (events promoter) to become Live Nation Entertainment. As a primary ticket outlet, most US ticket sales for US venues are fulfilled at Ticketmaster's two main fulfillment centers located in Charleston, West Virginia, and Pharr, Texas. Typically, Ticketmaster's clients (promoters) control their events, and Ticketmaster acts as an agent, selling the tickets that the clients make available to them., Pharr is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 70,400. Pharr is connected by bridge to the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. It is part of the McAllenEdinburgMission and ReynosaMcAllen metropolitan areas., Live Nation is an American live-events company based in Beverly Hills, California, focused on worldwide concert and entertainment-show promotions. Live Nation formed in 2005 as a spin-off from Clear Channel Communications, which then merged with Ticketmaster in 2010 to become Live Nation Entertainment., Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company controlled by chairman John C. Malone, who owns a majority of the voting shares., Live Nation Entertainment is an American entertainment company , formed from the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster . It owns , leases , operates , has booking rights for and / or equity interest in a large number of U.S. entertainment venues . The leadership consists of John C. Malone , chairman of Liberty Media as chairman and Michael Rapino ( previously chief executive officer of Live Nation ) as president and CEO of the company . The merger that gave rise to the company was not without opposition . The proposed merger initially received regulatory approval in Norway and Turkey . The United States Justice Department approved the merger on January 25 , 2010 , with some conditions to which both parties agreed . However , in October 2009 , the United Kingdom 's Competition Commission provisionally ruled against the merger . On December 22 , 2009 , the Competition Commission reversed its decision and cleared the proposed merger ., West Hollywood, occasionally referred to locally as WeHo, is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated in 1984, it is home to the Sunset Strip. As of the 2010 census, its population was 34,399. It is considered one of the most prominent gay villages in the United States., Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2013 Census Estimate, it had a population of 50,821, while its metropolitan area had 224,743. It is a center of government, commerce, and industry.
Early industries important to Charleston included salt and the first natural gas well. Later, coal became central to economic prosperity in the city and the surrounding area. Today, trade, utilities, government, medicine, and education play central roles in the city's economy., Subject: live nation entertainment, Relation: inception, Options: (A) 1941 (B) 1984 (C) 1996 (D) 2005 (E) 2010 (F) 2013 (G) 50 (H) 7 (I) 821
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