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posted by takyon on Saturday August 12 2017, @11:15PM   Printer-friendly
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According to Techcrunch, Soundcloud has secured the emergency funding which will allow the service to survive:

SoundCloud has just closed the necessary funding round to keep the struggling music service afloat. CEO Alex Ljung will step aside though remain chairman as former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor replaces him. Mike Weissman will become COO as SoundCloud co-founder and CTO Eric Wahlforss stays as chief product officer.

Further coverage at Ars Technica and BBC News.

Soundcloud's layoff of 40% of staff and the subsequent rumours of a collapse have been covered here before.


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday August 13 2017, @02:22AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Sunday August 13 2017, @02:22AM (#553073) Journal

    Stockholm has that bad reputation? ;-)

    Q: How does Stockholm people drill a hole in the wall on the cheap?
    A: Yelling to the night street, "pale virgin on the other side" :P

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