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Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by epistasis on Monday December 04, 2023 @03:11AM (#38514857)
Good enough to bring in $200M of revenue through subscriptions or ads?
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Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by rapsey on Monday December 04, 2023 @03:25AM (#38514947)
Unless Spotify releases numbers none of us have a clue. Considering his youtube numbers before the move, that number was actually him selling himself short.
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Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by rowanG077 on Monday December 04, 2023 @03:36AM (#38515007)
By definition he is since that is what spotify paid now.
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Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by anthonypasq on Monday December 04, 2023 @10:32AM (#38518486)
that wasnt the purpose of buying him. the purpose was to buy a gigantic audience of listeners that would hopefully now use spotify as their main podcast app
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Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by baby on Monday December 04, 2023 @06:58PM (#38525091)
yes that's his valuation since that's what Spotify paid.
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