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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 5/3/18, at 4:32pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1335258-18-64   ·   File #:  1-32601

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 5/03/18  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.   10-Q        3/31/18   72:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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10: EX-32.1     Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive       HTML     23K 
                Officer                                                          
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                Officer                                                          
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19: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    136K 
20: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     24K 
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                (Unaudited)                                                      
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24: R7          Basis of Presentation and Other Information         HTML     63K 
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27: R10         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     45K 
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29: R12         Income Taxes Income Taxes                           HTML     29K 
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31: R14         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition             HTML     67K 
32: R15         Segment Data                                        HTML    127K 
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34: R17         BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND OTHER INFORMATION Basis   HTML     55K 
                of Presentation and Other Information (Policies)                 
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                of Presentation and Other Information (Tables)                   
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Debt) (Details)                                                  
51: R34         Long-Term Debt (5.625% Senior Notes Due 2026)       HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R35         Long-Term Debt (2.5% Convertible Senior Notes Due   HTML     47K 
                2023) (Details)                                                  
53: R36         Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Debt Interest Expense)  HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R37         Long-Term Debt (2.5% Convertible Senior Notes Due   HTML     33K 
                2019) (Details)                                                  
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                Recurring Basis) (Details)                                       
56: R39         Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value of Debt)        HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R40         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES Leases and   HTML     46K 
                Contracts (Details)                                              
58: R41         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     24K 
59: R42         Equity (Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling        HTML    100K 
                Interests) (Details)                                             
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                Computation of Earnings per Share) (Details)                     
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63: R46         Revenue Recognition (Sponsorship & Advertising      HTML     28K 
                Revenue) (Details)                                               
64: R47         Revenue Recognition (Performance Obligation)        HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R48         Revenue Recognition (Ticketing Revenue) (Details)   HTML     28K 
66: R49         Revenue Recognition Ticketing Contract Advances     HTML     32K 
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67: R50         Revenue Recognition (Deferred Revenue) (Details)    HTML     33K 
68: R51         SEGMENT DATA Segment Data (Details)                 HTML     73K 
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