BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (LYV) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $187.8 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Beverly Hills, California-based company said it had profit of 66 cents.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 53 cents per share.

The ticket seller and concert promoter posted revenue of $4.43 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.91 billion.

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