MasterClass, a startup that sells $180 annual subscriptions for users to access virtual classes taught by celebrities, has laid off 20%, or around 120, of its 600 employees. “I made the really hard decision to reduce our team by 20% to adapt to the worsening macro environment and get to self sustainability faster,” its CEO David Rogier wrote in a tweet on Wednesday. Employees who were...
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