Getty Images Key takeaways Spotify announced that the company is laying off 6% of its workforce Dawn Ostroff, former head of content, is one of the key employees leaving the company The news of layoff...
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How Spotify stayed No. 1 in streaming music vs. Apple, YouTube, Amazon
Onur Dogman | LightRocket | Getty Images In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later. Spotify, once a Swedish startup tasked with ta...
The Music Is Ending For This Once High-Flyer
PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 06: In this photo illustration, the logo of the Swedish music streaming … [+] service Spotify is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on January 06, 2017 in Paris, ...
A Surprising New Link Between Spotify, Facebook—And Coinbase
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong attends Consensus 2019 at the Hilton Midtown on May 15, 2019 in New York City. Getty Images A couple weeks ago, it would’ve been hard to identify a great deal of common th...
Spirit Airlines, Peloton, Snowflake, Netflix and more
A Spirit Airlines aircraft takes off at Orlando International Airport. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Frontier Gro...
Spotify CEO Apologizes To Staff Over Joe Rogan Racial Slur Controversy But Says ‘Silencing’ Him Is Not The Answer
Topline Spotify CEO Daniel Ek apologized to the company’s employees in an internal memo on Sunday, adding that he “strongly” condemns Joe Rogan’s use of racial slurs, a statement that comes amid a gro...