Spotifysaid chief financial officerPaul Vogelwill be leaving at the end of March.

The news comesseveral days after the music streamer announced about 1,500 layoffs, some 17% of its workforce.

Vogel joined in 2016 and has been CFO since 2020.

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Ive talked a lot with Paul about the need to balance these two objectives carefully.

I am enormously proud of the strides weve made as a company.

The shares closed higher today but are down about 1.5% at $192.86 in after-market trading.

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