Spotify Canada’s Nathan Wiszniak Among Those Laid Off in Spotify’s Global Job Cuts

[ad_1] On Dec. 4, Spotify announced it would be slashing its global workforce by 17%. Billboard Canada has learned that Nathan Wiszniak, Head of Artist & Label Partnerships at Spotify…

Opinion: Spotify’s layoffs indicative of smart, responsible leadership

[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: A trading post sports the Spotify logo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, 2018.Richard Drew/The Associated Press Gus…

Executive Turntable: Spotify’s UK Boss Departs; TuneCore and 10K Add to C-Suite

[ad_1] If it’s Friday, you know it’s time for another spin around the Executive Turntable, Billboard’s comprehensive(ish) compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between —…

Spotify’s not going for Pulitzers anymore

[ad_1] This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. The dust is still settling on Spotify’s latest round of layoffs. On Monday, Spotify announced…

Spotify’s Layoff Memo and the Art of Delivering Bad News

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 5, 2023 12:06 am ET Listen to article (1 minute) It has become a staple of the modern corporate downsizing: the public CEO layoff letter. Before a company…

Jenny Hermanson, Spotify’s MD for the Nordic region, to exit company after 14 years – Music Business Worldwide

[ad_1] Spotify‘s Sweden-based Managing Director for the Nordic region, Jenny Hermanson, is leaving the music streaming company. Hermanson started working at Spotify long before it became a publicly traded company…

Spotify’s new royalty scheme picks the winners

[ad_1] This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Happy Thanksgiving week! I will be out tomorrow making twice baked potatoes, putting together holiday…

Spotify’s podcast and audiobook discovery will get a boost from Google Cloud’s AI

[ad_1] It’s a cliché at this point to say that podcasts (and, to a less publicized extent, audiobooks) have a discovery problem. To help fix that, Spotify announced it’s using…

Spotify’s zero-royalty plan tells musicians their work is worthless

[ad_1] We’ve all heard the one about audio streaming platforms paying music artists tiny fractions of a cent for each play of their tracks, but this glum ballad is now…

Spotify’s $1 Billion Podcast Bet Turns Into a Serial Drama

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Spotify spent more than $1 billion to build a podcasting empire. It struck splashy deals with Kim Kardashian, the Obamas and Prince Harry and…