A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a drugs offence after a teenager fell ill at a house party in Fife and died.
16.10.2023 - 21:01 / variety.com
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Half of the employees at Bandcamp, the artist-centric indie music platform, have been laid off just weeks after the company was acquired by Songtradr, a rep for the company confirms to Variety. In a statement, Songtradr confirmed that it has completed its acquisition of Bandcamp and continued: “Over the past few years the operating costs of Bandcamp have significantly increased. It required some adjustments to ensure a sustainable and healthy company that can serve its community of artists and fans.
After a comprehensive evaluation, including the importance of roles for smooth business operations and pre existing functions at Songtradr, 50% of Bandcamp employees have accepted offers to join Songtradr. “We are committed to keeping the existing Bandcamp services that fans and artists love, including its artist-first revenue share, Bandcamp Fridays and Bandcamp Daily. We are looking forward to welcoming Bandcamp into our musically aligned community.
We share a deep passion for all things music and will continue to serve artists, labels and the fans who make it all possible.” Songtradr acquired the company from Epic Games, which itself acquired Bandcamp just last year but recently laid off around 16% of its staff. Bandcamp’s U.S. employees, who launched a union that went public earlier this year, announced early in October that they had sent a letter to Songtradr outlining a list of demands around the sale of the company.
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Layoffs have hit Bandcamp, according to multiple posts from current and former employees on Twitter, with as many as half of the platform’s workforce cut from their jobs. Bandcamp was sold by Epic Games in September to Songtradr.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Graham Nash — member of the Hollies and Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Grammy winner, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and two-time Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee — has entered into an agreement with Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group that will see the company acquiring, developing, and expanding his musical legacy. The deal encompasses a range of assets from Nash’s career, including his solo work as well as of his work with the Hollies and the various incarnations and variations of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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following the company’s acquisition by Songtradr last month.Last month (September 28), Songtradr – a music licensing platform and marketplace company that supports artists, labels and publishers – revealed that it had acquired Bandcamp from its then-owners, Epic Games.At the time, Songtradr said in a statement that it will continue to operate Bandcamp as both a marketplace and music community with artists receiving “an artist-first revenue share.” The statement added that “this acquisition will help Bandcamp continue to grow within a music-first company and enable Songtradr to expand its capabilities to support the artist community”.Now, slightly over two weeks after the acquisition, it has been confirmed that several of Bandcamp’s staff have been let go, with several members of its editorial team taking to social media to announce their layoffs.about half the company was laid off today. some of the most incredible people i’ve ever worked with, including two of my amazing editorial colleagues @diamonde and @atoosamoinzadeh and most of the incredible support staff among many others.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the company that played a huge role in the music-catalog gold rush of recent years, has abandoned plans to pay a dividend after drastically reducing the amount it expects to receive from royalty payments, according to the Guardian and other news reports. The reduction stems from the U.S.
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