July 3, 2015

Subscription News Round-up

Greece is broke, AOL takes over Microsoft’s ad business, and Pando Daily and ClassPass try membership models. Here are those and other headlines you may have missed this week: Pando Daily Moves to Membership Model Subscription Insider Online Payments Halted in Greece, Citizens Eye Bitcoin to Protect Savings Digital Trends Why Journalists Should Care More About Media Business Models The Media Briefing Splice Announces Sample Subscription Service, Splice Sounds Less than 3 AOL Takes Over Majority of Microsoft’s Ad Business, Swaps Google Search for…

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Facebook and the Future of News: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hosted an informal, one-hour Townhall Q&A online to get input from the online community. The session lasted nearly 90 minutes and included questions from a wide array of sources, including Stephen Hawking, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Arianna Huffington, on everything from the future of news, the requirement of real names, and getting a job at Facebook. And, of course, there were completely irrelevant questions and spam along the way. For the…

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