The Event Industry Is Being Confronted By Its Napster Moment
The prestige recession
ystrickler.com
Behind these conversations is a fundamental change of the digital age that applies to essentially every creative field: in the past, consumers bought and collected physical editions of creative work, creating a direct value exchange between fans, artists, and producers. Today almost all creative work is digitized and essentially rented — lowering
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In this accounting, the music is free, the bodily performance expensive. Indeed, many bands today earn their living through concerts, not music sales. This formula is quickly becoming a common one for not only musicians, but even authors. The book is free; the bodily talk is expensive. Live concert tours, live TED talks, live radio shows, pop-up fo
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Coronavirus Shut Down the ‘Experience Economy.’ Can It Come Back? (Published 2020)
David Gellesnytimes.com