Pxtl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1616arrow-down19cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foomusic@beehaw.orgtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1607arrow-down1external-linkAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comPxtl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square77fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foomusic@beehaw.orgtechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareAnonTwolinkfedilink0•1 year agoWasn’t this pretty recent? Did they buy the company just to lay people off??
minus-squareChaotic EntropylinkfedilinkEnglish0•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@Arthur@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThe layoffs are related to the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr. https://variety.com/2023/music/news/bandcamps-layoffs-songtradr-1235758123/
Wasn’t this pretty recent? Did they buy the company just to lay people off??
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/