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David Bowie

September 2024

‘Mr Paparazzi’ collection brightens up dull market

A famous image of Princess Diana on a yacht, Chinese contemporary paintings, German Expressionism and a silver throne are the highlights of two upcoming sales.

  • Elizabeth Fortescue and James Thomson
Taylor Swift at the MTV awards last week. There was an identifiable “Eras Tour” effect on GDP in a number of the smaller countries Swift toured this year.

What Taylor Swift and Oasis can teach us about the economy

The music industry’s shift from product to performance foreshadows a widespread move towards intangible assets in the wider economy.

  • Andy Haldane

December 2023

Taylor Swift tours Australia February 2024

You may not be a Swiftie … but be glad your daughter is

It’s rare to see a woman unapologetically owning her power, on such a grand and global scale.

  • Bryony Gordon

August 2023

Jimmy Donaldson, AKA MrBeast. His interest in an IPO has waned.

MrBeast is a YouTube megastar. Can he make it in business?

Even creators with hundreds of millions of followers can find their names mean little to older audiences, hampering their chances of building a brand outside social media.

  • Elaine Moore

Trump joins Bill Gates and Al Capone in famous mugshots gallery

Donald Trump surrendered to a courthouse in Atlanta, becoming the first former US president to join those with a police photograph.

  • Roland Oliphant

February 2022

Songtradr CEO Paul Wiltshire says demand for music is growing strongly.

IPO hopeful Songtradr rides music’s ‘golden age’

The music marketplace sits in the middle of an explosion of activity in the sector.

  • James Thomson

January 2022

The majority of Bowie’s music is now owned not by his estate, but by one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates.

Why musicians are selling their song catalogues

The rights to the works of Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Bruce Springsteen and David Bowie has joined that of other top-selling artists and is now in the hands of corporations.

  • Ellen Peirson-Hagger

October 2021

Pharrell Williams

Are pearls a step too far for today’s fashionable man?

Former Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Kirstie Clements on her moment of truth in the men’s department.

  • Kirstie Clements

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