In a communication to its workforce, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced a significant workforce reduction of 17%, a move aimed at mitigating costs and adapting to a deceleration in growth. Ek highlighted that the company had oversaturated its employee count in 2020 and 2021, during a period of accessible capital and substantial tech company investments.
Outside of the civil fraud trial involving Donald J. Trump, the former president made remarks to reporters that the judge deemed an attack on a court employee.