Twilio's Layoffs, Spotify's Strategy

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🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

For the second time in five months, Twilio announces a round of layoffs.

(0:21) Jason Moser discusses:
- How Twilio is cutting costs as they grow
- What to watch when the company reports earnings on Wednesday afternoon
- Memorable ads from Super Bowl 57

(13:20) Ricky Mulvey talks with Bloomberg entertainment reporter Lucas Shaw about the state of Spotify's business, its podcasting strategy, and whether they need to raise subscription fees.

Stocks discussed: TWLO, BKNG, WDAY, GOOG, DEO, SPOT, AAPL

Host: Chris Hill
Guest: Jason Moser, Lucas Shaw
Producer: Ricky Mulvey
Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Tim Sparks

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0:00.0	We've got a closer look at Spotify, Super Bowl ads, and the latest tech company to announce
0:10.1	layoffs.
0:11.1	Motley Fool Money starts now.
0:13.6	I'm Chris Hale joining me today, Motley Fool's Senior Analyst, Jason Moser.
0:21.0	Happy day after the Super Bowl.
0:23.9	Happy day after the Super Bowl.
0:25.1	I hope that your feeling is good as I am.
0:31.6	Causing too much trouble last night wasn't drinking too much.
0:34.5	No regrets.
0:35.7	How about you?
0:37.7	Same, although I understand why there is apparently some sort of online petition to get
0:46.2	the NFL to change the game to Saturday.
0:49.3	I understand why.
0:51.0	I don't think the NFL is going to do that.
0:53.8	And we're going to get to the business of Super Bowl ads in a second.
0:58.4	Before we do that, can you remind me really quickly?
1:01.7	I feel like at one point didn't we use a company try at least experiment with taking Super
1:07.6	Bowl Monday off.
1:10.0	Did we not try that one year?
1:11.3	I feel like maybe we did, or perhaps I'm just, I think there was a time, there was one
1:17.4	year, I think we tried that.
1:20.2	We may have.
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