US EditionLimeWire Buys Financially Troubled Fyre Festival
LimeWire plans to revive the Fyre Festival brand by combining digital innovation with real-world community events, aiming to correct past failures and leverage its cultural notoriety.
- LimeWire acquired the Fyre Festival brand in 2025 and announced a reimagined vision that will focus beyond the original festival experience.
- This acquisition followed multiple failed attempts to relaunch Fyre Festival and Billy McFarland’s auctioning of its assets after his conviction for fraud.
- LimeWire plans to revive the brand and meme rather than the festival, aiming to integrate real-world events with community engagement and technology.
- COO Marcus Feistl emphasized their goal to embrace the meme while avoiding past errors, and CEO Julian Zehetmayr reflected on the brand’s controversial but notable legacy.
- The acquisition implies a move to transform Fyre into a cultural and crypto-related venture grounded in transparency, humor, and token integration at in-person events.
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Meet Fyre Festival's new owners
Julian and Paul Zehetmayr are the co-CEOs of LimeWire, a file-sharing service that paid $245,300 for the Fyre Festival's branding rights.Johnny Nunez/WireImage via Getty ImagesFyre Festival founder and CEO Billy McFarland sold the event's branding rights in an eBay auction.LimeWire, a file-sharing service that was once a hotbed for illegal downloads, won that auction.LimeWire outbid Ryan Reynolds' ad agency, Maximum Effort, for the rights and pa…
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