A third of music festivals are losing money as costs skyrocket
Among 51 Australian music festivals surveyed, more than half turned a profit but 35% lost money with a median deficit of $470,000.
Bluethumb’s Ed Hartley says Atomic Habits can help artists become businesspeople
Bluethumb co-founder Ed Hartley explains how one of the book's key lessons is exemplified by successful visual artists -- and how the online art marketplace has learned a thing or two, too.
From Harry Potter to Taylor Swift: The economic power of millennial women-led fandoms
Fans who were girls in the era of Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Twilight are now the women who have powered the success of Barbie and Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour.
With many Australian music festivals being cancelled, what does the future hold?
The well-documented cost of living crisis is an obvious culprit when it comes to low demand for music festivals, as consumers cut down on expenses. But there are more factors at play.
Australian label Dion Lee an unlikely Super Bowl winner after Taylor Swift cameo
Taylor Swift attended Super Bowl LVIII while wearing a top from Australian fashion label Dion Lee, highlighting the brand in one of the most-watched events of the year.
Regional Australian theatre chain Majestic Cinemas enters voluntary administration
Majestic Cinemas, a movie theatre business operating screens across regional New South Wales and Queensland, has collapsed into voluntary administration after a punishing year for independent cinema chains.
“Frightening”: AI-generated Indigenous art exploiting real artists’ work
Indigenous artists in Australia say their work is being stolen and turned into another threat to their livelihoods and cultures while they are already struggling to compete with the tens of millions of dollars worth of fake art produced every year by non-Indigenous artists.
What SmartCompany’s editor in chief Simon Crerar is reading over the summer break
SmartCompany editor in chief Simon Crerar reveals his summer reading list. Take some inspiration from his top picks.
Booked out: 19 entrepreneurs and business leaders share their holiday reading picks
We asked a bunch of founders, business leaders and entrepreneurs to share what's on their to-read pile these holidays. Here's what they had to say.
Lifestyle brand Kip&Co celebrates Indigenous artists in vibrant collaboration with Ernabella Arts
Three years after its first Indigenous art collaboration became its fastest-selling range of all time, lifestyle brand Kip&Co has once again shown how local businesses can collaborate with, and celebrate, Indigenous artists through a new collection produced with Ernabella Arts.
Serial entrepreneur Remo Giuffré publishes REMORANDOM, a book of ‘everything interesting’
REMORANDOM is a printed, biannual curation of “snack-sized stories, ideas and observations designed to inform, entertain and inspire a global community of curious readers”.
Not a unicorn, but a zebra: Visible Founders celebrates entrepreneurial journeys of migrants
Visible Founders, a four-part docu-series, highlights the journey of four immigrant entrepreneurs and their three businesses.
