An in-depth interview with Sonos interim CEO Tom Conrad

It's my last time astatine The Verge and Vox Media aft implicit 13 years. And arsenic luck should person it, I was capable to wrapper up my tenure present by interviewing Tom Conrad, the interim CEO of Sonos. I've covered this institution much extensively than immoderate other, and arsenic our readers know, Sonos has been done the ringer implicit the past twelvemonth - successful a messiness of its ain making, to beryllium clear. But implicit the past respective months, Conrad, a Sonos committee subordinate since 2017, has kept the institution laser-focused connected a turnaround effort with predominant app improvements and bug fixes.

With palmy stints astatine Pandora, Snap, and elsewhere, Conrad has heavy bundle roots. (Yes, helium was besides the main merchandise serviceman astatine Quibi.) So connected Friday, I threw my astir pressing questions astatine the antheral who intelligibly hopes to go the permanent CEO of Sonos. We covered immoderate of what I cognize Sonos' Reddit assemblage is apt funny astir and different topics that seemed timely, and I came distant encouraged astir the company's likelihood of getting backmost connected track.

The beneath interrogation is lightly edited for magnitude and clarity.

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