‘What’s Your Offer?’: Fyre Festival’s Founder Just Announced He’s Putting the Infamous Brand Up for Sale
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is selling all of the brand’s assets.
After trying (and failing) to relaunch the infamous Fyre Festival a few times, founder Billy McFarland, 33, is selling the brand, he .
The latest event was supposed to take place from May 30 to June 2 in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, but it was that it was canceled (or never scheduled in the first place, depending on ).
McFarland, the festival’s organizer, was convicted of for the infamous in the Bahamas in 2017. The scandal led to numerous documentaries and McFarland spending four years in prison.
In the , McFarland said that he is selling the “FYRE Festival brand, including its trademarks, IP, digital assets, media reach, and cultural capital – to an operator that can fully realize its vision.”
He notes that the “brand is bigger than any one person and bigger than what I’m able to lead on my own,” citing the latest cancellation of Fyre Fest 2, “where support quickly turned into public distancing once media attention intensified.”
The website has a slew of documentation available to download, from website traffic to social media reach for prospective buyers, though no estimate of what McFarland is expecting.
In the contact us form, : “What’s your offer?”
After trying (and failing) to relaunch the infamous Fyre Festival a few times, founder Billy McFarland, 33, is selling the brand, he .
The latest event was supposed to take place from May 30 to June 2 in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, but it was that it was canceled (or never scheduled in the first place, depending on ).
McFarland, the festival’s organizer, was convicted of for the infamous in the Bahamas in 2017. The scandal led to numerous documentaries and McFarland spending four years in prison.
In the , McFarland said that he is selling the “FYRE Festival brand, including its trademarks, IP, digital assets, media reach, and cultural capital – to an operator that can fully realize its vision.”
He notes that the “brand is bigger than any one person and bigger than what I’m able to lead on my own,” citing the latest cancellation of Fyre Fest 2, “where support quickly turned into public distancing once media attention intensified.”
The website has a slew of documentation available to download, from website traffic to social media reach for prospective buyers, though no estimate of what McFarland is expecting.
In the contact us form, : “What’s your offer?”
