{
  "id": 456476,
  "title": "Spotify said no to half-time, so he quit to become a distiller: Danish man's post goes viral — ‘last day in tech’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/spotify-said-no-to-half-time-so-he-quit-to-become-a-distiller-danish",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-10T09:09:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/spotify-said-no-to-half-time-so-he-quit-to-become-a-distiller-danish-mans-post-goes-viral-last-day-in-tech-11786350654481.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Danish research scientist has quit his job at Spotify after the company refused his request to switch to half-time work, revealing in a viral LinkedIn post that he wanted more time to build his own fruit and berry brandy distillery.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}