Tag: Epic Games
Brutal layoffs at Bandcamp as new owner slashes 50% of staff
A week after promising to preserve many of the site's most beloved features, Bandcamp's new owner has gutted the company's staff. The writing team at Bandcamp Daily is reportedly down to just 3 people.
Why Epic Games bought Bandcamp
While posing as a defender of artists and the "creator economy," Bandcamp's former owner Epic Games paid the largest fine in history for manipulating users into unwanted purchases and violating rules intended to protect children.
And it’s gone: Bandcamp has been sold again
Epic Games used, neglected and finally divested themselves of Bandcamp in barely more than a year. Intentions of Bandcamp's third owner since February 2022 are unknown.
MOVE: Inside the new 5 Mag
Coflo on the cover, Alland Byallo in the studio, Phil Strand and Jeff Mills at the cinema and more inside 5 Mag Issue 206 out now.
It’s Bandcamp vs. Google & artists are in the middle again
Just three months after its purchase by Epic, Bandcamp is engaged in legal warfare with Google over fees on Android devices.
#Expansion – Inside the new 5 Mag
Louie Vega's love letter to NYC nightlife, the legend and Gil Scott-Heron collaborator Brian Jackson, Beretta Music and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.
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Brutal layoffs at Bandcamp as new owner slashes 50% of staff
A week after promising to preserve many of the site's most beloved features, Bandcamp's new owner has gutted the company's staff. The writing team at Bandcamp Daily is reportedly down to just 3 people.
