• by Ray Schultz , 8 hours ago

A layoff has hit 15 Spotify staffers working for The Ringer and Spotify Studios. 

The cuts affected 5% of the employees in those units.

However, Spotify expects to add jobs to bolster its video content. 

No podcasts were cancelled as a result of the layoff, Variety reports.

Among those losing their jobs were, audio producer Jonathan Kermah and writer Claire McNear announced they were part of the layoffs, Variety adds.

“[T]ime for an unfortunate media rite of passage: after 9 years at The Ringer, I was laid off this week,” McNear wrote on X. “I’m gutted to leave, but grateful for my time there, the many wonderful folks I worked with over the years, and all the stories I got to tell.”