Limelight seeks white knight to stave off closure

Classical music and arts magazine Limelight is facing closure unless a new publisher can be found, but has not yet been liquidated despite reports to the contrary.
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Limelight’s six staff have been laid off and publication of its March edition has been abruptly cancelled.

The magazine’s publishers, Arts Illuminated Pty Ltd, are now urgently seeking a new publisher to take over the masthead, or for financial support to bridge the period until a new publisher can be secured. Unless such support can be found the magazine will close.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts