Thursday, August 2, 2018

Sonos redesigned the Nasdaq opening bell to mark IPO

Today is a momentous day for US smart speaker company Sonos, which is marking is sixteenth year of existence with an IPO set to value it at around $1.5 billion. To give the occasion a little more flair and theatrics, Sonos has partnered with Nasdaq, the stock exchange where it will be listed as SONO, to redesign the sound of the opening bell.

Sonos’ Sound Experience Lead Giles Martin and sound engineer Chris Jenkins collaborated with Nasdaq on the task of picking a new jingle to mark the opening and closing of the market. Remarkably, this is more than just a one-off publicity stunt, with Sonos promising that “the new bell will continue to ring at Nasdaq, where countless more forward-thinking companies will launch their IPOs and where...

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