{"id":138328,"date":"2020-03-09T17:19:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/?p=359678"},"modified":"2020-03-09T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T17:19:10","slug":"pioneer-dj-sold-once-again-this-time-to-japanese-tech-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/?p=138328","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer DJ sold once again, this time to Japanese tech company"},"content":{"rendered":"<img alt=\"Pioneer DJ sold once again, this time to Japanese tech companyAP 22EG3431W1W11 Hires Jpeg 24bit Rgb\" src=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AP-22EG3431W1W11_hires_jpeg_24bit_rgb-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"RSS Feed\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AP-22EG3431W1W11_hires_jpeg_24bit_rgb-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AP-22EG3431W1W11_hires_jpeg_24bit_rgb-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AP-22EG3431W1W11_hires_jpeg_24bit_rgb-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/dancingastro.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AP-22EG3431W1W11_hires_jpeg_24bit_rgb-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n<p>Following <a href=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/pioneer\">Pioneer<\/a> DJ&#8217;s corporate name change to <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2020\/01\/pioneer-dj-corporation-rings-in-2020-under-new-name-alphatheta\/\">AlphaTheta<\/a> last year, the gargantuan DJ equipment titan company has once again undergone change, this time being sold to Japanese photo-processing tech company Noritsu. Assuring consumers that this will not affect the company&#8217;s operations, Pioneer DJ released a statement explaining, &#8220;Our business, operations, brands, including brand names, will not be affected. We will continue contributing to the music industry with our innovative products and superior service through Pioneer DJ, <a href=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/rekordbox\">Rekordbox<\/a>, KUVO, TORAIZ, Pioneer Professional Audio brands.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purchasing company, Noritsu, paid $606 million for the acquisition of Pioneer DJ. Though Noritsu&#8217;s regular operations are generally unrelated to DJing or performing, instead working with printing and scanning equipment, and even dabbling in pharmaceuticals. Now, the company&#8217;s extensive portfolio will also include the DJ hardware giant as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a new state-of-the-art <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2020\/01\/pioneer-dj-unveils-new-6-channel-mixer\/\">six-channel mixer<\/a> and a new version of Rekordbox on the way, 2020 has already proven to be a memorable year for the industry leader.<\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DancingAstronaut\/~4\/Mwx7gWzCrbk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Pioneer DJ sold once again, this time to Japanese tech companyAP 22EG3431W1W11 Hires Jpeg 24bit Rgb\" src=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AP-22EG3431W1W11_hires_jpeg_24bit_rgb-150x150.jpg\">Pioneer exchanges hands once again for a staggering $606 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138328"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138330,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138328\/revisions\/138330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}