{"id":44269,"date":"2023-10-21T02:11:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T02:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/bandcamps-new-owner-lays-off-half-the-company\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T02:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T02:11:26","slug":"bandcamps-new-owner-lays-off-half-the-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/bandcamps-new-owner-lays-off-half-the-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandcamp\u2019s new owner lays off half the company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bandcamp has officially changed hands from its old new owner, Epic, to its new new owner, Songtradr, and lost half its employees in the process. Songtradr confirmed that \u201c50% of employees received offers\u201d to continue on under the new ownership \u2014 and naturally the other 50% didn\u2019t. 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