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The Botched Software Update That Cost $600 Million by The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet

The Botched Software Update That Cost $600 Million

from The Journal.

by The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet

Published: Thu Mar 06 2025

Show Notes

Sonos, the high-end speaker company, continues to reel from its disastrous app update last May. The company lost revenue and approximately $600 million in market capitalization. Then came the layoffs and a CEO exit. WSJ’s Ben Cohen explains.


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