Interviews with Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek, on his CEO exit, and new co-CEOs Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström, who face algorithm fatigue and angry artists
And they're hoping AI can help solve some of those problems. — Peaceful transfers of executive power tend to be plain affairs …See also Mediagazer
Spotify says Daniel Ek will step down as CEO and become executive chairman in January 2026, and names CPTO Gustav Söderström and CBO Alex Norström as co-CEOs
Today, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) announced that Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek will transition to the role …
Daniel Ek says Spotify's ad business has “been moving too slowly”; Spotify ad chief Lee Brown left on July 28 to join DoorDash as its chief revenue officer
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A profile of Spotify's Head of Editorial Sulinna Ong, whose team curates thousands of playlists and discovers new artists to complement Spotify's algorithms
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A look at the burgeoning underground market connecting job seekers to anonymous employees willing to make a referral at Microsoft, Nvidia, Spotify, and others
The job market isn't roaring … Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : I doubt this is new. Tech companies have been providing referral bonuses for decades and it's a no brainer to start ref...
Memo: Spotify's head of podcast studios Julie McNamara is leaving the company after nearly three years, emphasizing Spotify's reduced ambitions in podcasts
- Executive internally announced her departure on Thursday — Exit follows layoffs, show cancellations and reorganizations
Spotify says CFO Paul Vogel plans to leave on March 31, 2024, and launches a search for a successor; Daniel Ek wants a CFO “with a different mix of experiences”
Spotify says CFO Paul Vogel plans to leave on March 31, 2024, and launches a search for a successor; Daniel Ek wants a CFO “with a different mix of experiences”
now he, too, is out of a job Podnews : Spotify's CFO Paul Vogel quits (with $12.6mn) South China Morning Post : Spotify's CFO to leave in another executive departure as major job cuts hit upper manage...
Spotify shifts its podcast strategy from being a sort of HBO by releasing exclusive shows to providing tools for podcast creators, similar to YouTube's model
Over the past four years, Spotify Technology SA has announced a succession of splashy deals showing off how much money it's willing … Tweets: @ashleyrcarman Tweets: Ashley Carman / @ashleyrcarman : ne...
Spotify cuts ~200 jobs, or 2% of its staff, at its podcast unit, combines Parcast and Gimlet into a renewed Spotify Studios, and reports 100M+ podcast listeners
Below is an adaptation of an internal update on Spotify's Podcast Business from Sahar Elhabashi, VP, Head of Podcast Business.