Australia loses its classical magazine

Australia loses its classical magazine

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norman lebrecht

February 08, 2018

The monthly magazine and website Limelight has gone into liquidation. The March issue has been cancelled and staff have been laid off.

Originally a broadcast magazine called ABC Radio 24 Hours, the publication was renamed Limelight in 2003, sold to Haymarket (then owners of Gramophone) in 2006 and rescued by a local independent in 2014.

Last year, it was transferred to a not-for-profit company called Arts Initiative Australia.

Sad to see an entire continent left without local classical coverage.

UPDATE: Back from the dead…

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