Tag: Daniel Ek
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Spotify announces plans to lay off 6% of workforce
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced Monday that the company plans to lay off about 6% of its workforce, or roughly 600 employees. The cuts are a result of financial challenges, according to Ek. The Swedish media streaming giant is one of the largest providers of its kind. Founded in 2006 by Ek and Martin Lorentzon,…
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Spotify is to reduce 6% of the workforce, approximately 600 employees
Stockholm – Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it is cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees, the latest cost-cutting announcement among tech companies. “In retrospect, I was too ambitious when it came to investing ahead of our revenue growth. And for this reason, today we are reducing our employee base by approximately…
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Spotify censored my Saudi-blasted Rogan look Kyle Kulinski
The progressive commentator said that his speech on Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and war crimes in Yemen may have caused old episodes to be removed. Spotify seems to have censored an old episode of the Joe Rogan Experience show due to criticism made in it against Saudi Arabia, the guest in the program has claimed. Kyle…
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Spotify responds to Joe Rogan’s dispute and names podcasts about COVID-19
According to The Verge, the counseling will lead to Spotify’s COVID-19 center, which provides credible and up-to-date information about the pandemic. To increase transparency in the handling of the issue, Spotify will publish its COVID-19 Content Policy and General Platform Rules publicly on its website. Spotify says anyone who violates the rules can be removed…
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Churches and denominations must be secured against terrorist attacks
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB, will now help churches and other denominations to secure the premises against terrorist attacks. The focus is on the simple measures, says Peter Hällsten at MSB who leads the project “Secure denominations”. “You wish it was not needed, but since it does, it is good with the help and…
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Northvolt makes multi-billion investment – doubles factory area in Västerås
Northvolt will now invest an additional SEK 6 billion in the company, including in the lab factory in Västerås. With the multi-billion investment, the factory area on Finnslätten in Västerås will be doubled to the surface. In addition to various banks, Christina Stenbeck and Spotify founder Daniel Ek are also involved as investors, Northvolt states.