Epic sells Bandcamp to Songtradr, layoffs ensue

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Epic sells Bandcamp to Songtradr, layoffs ensue

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Reports 50% of staff have been made redundant. Wonder what the business model will look like a year from now.

More info https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/239 ... -songtradr
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Epic, surely, not EA? (If it had been the latter I'd have been even less surprised...)

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Huge blow for the independent music scene. It feels like every time a good platform for music establishes itself venture capitalists move in and gut it.
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Very disturbing news :(
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The Korff wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:34 am Epic, surely, not EA? (If it had been the latter I'd have been even less surprised...)

Brain fog, clearly! (not much of a gamer) Can the thread title be changed? Sorry!

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Thanks Hugh!
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ken long wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:43 am Reports 50% of staff have been made redundant. Wonder what the business model will look like a year from now.

More info https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/239 ... -songtradr

Layoffs are horrible. Hope those staff can form their own tech companies.
Giving up to 82% to musicians noble as it is, is not sustainable profitably for a tech company to keep employees.
Steve Vai for his record label does 50/50. Something along these lines might be in the pipeline for Bandcamp.
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