When Spotify announced its largest-ever round of layoffs in December, CEO Daniel Ek hailed a new age of efficiency at the streaming giant. But four months on, it seems he and his executives weren’t prepared for how tough filling in for 1,500 axed workers would be.

The music streamer enjoyed record quarterly profits of €168 million ($179 million) in the first three months of 2024, enjoying double-digit revenue growth to €3.6 billion ($3.8 billion) in the process.

However, the company failed to hit its guidance on profitability and monthly active user growth.

  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    yeah maybe if this dumbass ran his own publishing house he would be making some fucking money.

    Shitposting aside, publishing industries pull in literally billions a year. They’re the ones pushing music to spotify. Spotify makes almost no money, ever. Artists barely make money.

    Spotify, if you’re reading this, god i hope not, let artists self publish.

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      2 months ago

      Spotify made almost 4 billion dollars last year. I wouldn’t call that no money. I agree with everything else though.