July 10, 2015

Subscription News Round-up

With the exception of United and the New York Stock Exchange, news of the Greek financial crisis trumped virtually all other news this week. You can read our take on that situation here and how it affects subscription companies, as well as other interesting headlines featuring Sarah Palin, Facebook and Windows. Global Subscription Payments Rejected in Greece: How Subscription Companies Can Help Members & Subscribers Subscription Insider Trials and Iterations: The Globe and Mail Tries to Balance Reinvention…

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The Verge: The Latest Site to Turn Off Comments

Comments or no comments? That is the question. The Verge says no. Earlier this week The Verge announced that it was turning off comments “for a bit,” however long “a bit” may be. Why? Nilay Patel explains it candidly in this July 6 post: “…sometimes it gets too intense. What we’ve found lately is that the tone of our comments (and some of our commenters) is getting a little too aggressive and negative – a change…

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