Spotify Has Lost Matt Ogle, Who Helped Create Discover Weekly, To Facebook’s Instagram

[UPDATED] Spotify product manager Matthew Ogle, who was an integral part of the team that some created many of Spotify's most popular personalization features including Discover Weekly is leaving for Facebook's Instagram.

Product manager Matthew Ogle, who joined Spotify early in 2015 from his own startup, This is My Jam, is leaving the music streamer just as it prepares to go public. Ogle announced on Twitter that he is moving from Spotify to Instagram.

Some news: last month I finished up at Spotify! After 12+ yrs in music, I'm trying something new — at one of my all-time fave services. pic.twitter.com/eiW5uRxoGC
— Matthew Ogle (@flaneur) May 22, 2017

@instagram Meanwhile, watch out for personalization + discovery goodness still to come at @Spotify — darn proud of those teams & what they'll do next.
— Matthew Ogle (@flaneur) May 22, 2017