About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off

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About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
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However, most of the employees they laid off are those in charge of the Bandcamp blog, which is full of good articles and music recommendations. I think it's the best editorial team. Bandcamp really needs them if they want to keep the quality.

It's sad but how critical are those people / how many do they need? I didn't even know Bandcamp had a blog. I use it in a very simple way: I find music I want to own somewhere, check out if it's on Bandcamp, if it is, I buy it and download it to my library. If not, I have one other place to get it (a "local" eshop that also sells music for download) and then it is the high seas.

Three of the editorial employees announced that they were laid off, and they seem to have received a lot of praise from artists, small labels, and fans.
Here's the blog:
daily.bandcamp.com

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