Pxtl to [email protected]English • 1 year agoAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1616arrow-down1external-linkAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comPxtl to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square88fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareChaotic EntropylinkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-21 year agoBuying and “streamlining” is a pretty common practice, yeah. Epic Songtradr bought them for the tech and userbase, not for their employees.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoThe layoffs are related to the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr. https://variety.com/2023/music/news/bandcamps-layoffs-songtradr-1235758123/
minus-squareChaotic EntropylinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI’d forgotten who was selling to who, thanks.
Buying and “streamlining” is a pretty common practice, yeah.
EpicSongtradr bought them for the tech and userbase, not for their employees.The layoffs are related to the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr.
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/bandcamps-layoffs-songtradr-1235758123/
I’d forgotten who was selling to who, thanks.