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‘Like brushing my teeth’: how Michiru Aoyama writes, records and releases an album every day

For two years, the Kyoto musician has risen at five, watched football, then made an eight-track album of super-deep ambient music – while fitting in a two-hour walk. And 200,000 fans are listening

The Guardian - UK

The average funeral costs £9,000 – it’s no wonder they’re dying out

Just as there are trends in life, there are also trends in death. Research suggests the act of having a funeral is in decline, but Oliver Keens suggests there is both joy and necessary pain in the informal ways we mark death today

The Independent UK

Spotify Streamlines Operations: Cuts Nearly 1,600 Jobs Amid Escalating Costs

This is the third and most substantial round of layoffs for Spotify this year, a move attributed to pressure from an activist investor.

International Business Times UK

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Stock Market Today: Stocks Slip to Start Jobs Week

Coming off a fifth straight weekly win, the main indexes took a breather ahead of a busy week of jobs data.

Kiplinger

Spotify cuts 1,500 jobs in another round of layoffs

Spotify is not yet done laying off its employees, with another round of layoffs that cut 1,500 jobs.

Android Central

Meet the Swifties who spent 244 days streaming Taylor Swift’s music this year

The top tier of listeners of the top-streamed artist spent more than two-thirds of the year streaming Taylor Swift on Spotify, reports Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

Happy Holidays? Spotify Conducts TMT's Biggest Layoff of 2023 Despite 11% Q3 Revenue Grow

Ho, ho ho, the stock is at a 12-month high, and the music streaming service just added 23 million subscribers, but 17% of the its workforce, over 1,500 employees, just lost their jobs anyway

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Singer-songwriter India Naia releases debut EP inspired by 2000s R'n'B

Singer-songwriter India Naia is of German-Algerian heritage and spent some of her childhood in France before moving to Florida, where she grew up listening to the "crème de la crème" of hip-hop and R'n'B. Several years ago she moved to Paris, where she began writing music. She popped by Arts…

France 24

Spotify Cuts Around 1,500 Jobs As Growth Slows

Music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it would reduce its number of employees by around 17 percent in a bid to cut costs amid "dramatically" slower economic growth.

International Business Times

Spotify to cut 17% of staff in the latest round of tech layoffs

In a memo addressed to staff, CEO Daniel Ek said it was necessary for the company to "rightsize" after hiring too many people during 2020 and 2021. Roughly 1,500 workers are likely to be let go.

WEKU

Spotify to slash headcount after CEO blasts staff for doing 'work around the work'

The founder is billing the company's biggest ever headcount reduction as a strategic return to the resourcefulness that marked its early days as a startup.

Fortune

Spotify axes 17% of workforce in third round of layoffs this year

Spotify says it’s axing 17% of its global workforce in the music streaming service’s third round of layoffs this year

The Independent UK

First Thing: Israel says its ground forces are operating across ‘all of Gaza’

IDF spokesperson says ‘troops coming face-to-face with terrorists and killing them’. Plus, how one New Yorker became a TikTok star at 97

The Guardian - UK

Spotify cuts more than 1,500 jobs amid rising costs

Music streaming service axes 17% of workforce in latest round of redundancies at big tech companies

The Guardian - UK

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5 ways I improved headphone sound from my MacBook

Want better audio performance from your headphones when using a MacBook? Try out these 5 tips to maximize the sound experience.

Evening Standard

Spotify to axe one in six staff as CEO says the firm has become 'more productive but less efficient'

Spotify is to axe around 1500 jobs or one in six of its workforce in a bid to cut costs, marking a major U-turn on CEO and founder Daniel Ek’s strategy of growth through operational expansion.

The Guardian - UK

The 20 best songs of 2023

Voted on by over 30 Guardian music writers, we celebrate the year’s best tracks from Boygenius to Blur and beyond

TechRadar

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories, from Spotify Wrapped to the best apps of 2023

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The Guardian - UK

Tell us your favourite music albums of 2023

We would like to hear about the best album you have heard this year and why

What is Spotify Wrapped and how can you get yours?

The celebration of your year in music has become a cult icon – this is how you can find yours

Sports Illustrated

Al Michaels, Pete Carroll Call Out Relentless Ref Show

The Seahawks-Cowboys game featured 19 penalties, and people were fed up.

Louder

We’ve combed Spotify to find out the least popular songs by Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Beatles, AC/DC and more

MusicRadar

“It covers my utilities bill”: German electronic musician Hainbach reveals how much his 1 million Spotify streams earned him in 2023

“Bandcamp or coming to a live show is still the best way to support me and other artists,” he confirms

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t let Tesla get away with this’: why Swedish unions are fighting Elon Musk

Billionaire is against the labour movement, and workers believe their country’s traditions are under threat

Tom’s Guide

How to get karaoke on every mobile music streaming service — Apple Music, Spotify and more

Fancy a singalong? Of course you do. Here's how to get karaoke mode on every major music streaming platform.

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