The #fair independent alternative to #spotify , #Bandcamp is sold 2 times the last year and is now owned by #Songtradr.
#epicgames before fired 50% of the staff!
Read #digitalmusicnews ➡️ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?s=Bandcamp
The #fair independent alternative to #spotify , #Bandcamp is sold 2 times the last year and is now owned by #Songtradr.
#epicgames before fired 50% of the staff!
Read #digitalmusicnews ➡️ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?s=Bandcamp
So machen das Konzerne mit unabhängigen Plattformen wie Bandcamp es mal war.
With #Songtradr’s acquisition of #independentmusic platform #Bandcamp, #EpicGames has laid off half of the latter’s staff, citing Bandcamp’s increasing operating costs over the past few years. Songtradr picked up the company from Epic Games, which only acquired Bandcamp last year, but recently reduced its staff by around 16%.
Link zu #digitalmusicnews : https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/10/16/epic-games-lays-off-bandcamp-staff/
"... the digital form of preserving music, how long it will last? Even an mp3 with changes of technology is the mp3 eventually going to be unplayable on our devices?”
- AlexRoss, 2022
There's been unprecedented fallout for Spotify since musician Neil Young withdrew from the music streaming service in late January. Yet Spotify's business model has long been of concern in the music industry in relation to its poor payment policies for musicians. Music critic Alex Ross explains.