June 10, 2017

In this week’s subscription news, Google defends its Chrome ad blocker which is supposed to lead to better ads, but some find it to be self-serving. Also in Google news, the Wall Street Journal started blocking Google users from reading for free in February. As a result, their articles are ranking lower on Google and their traffic has dropped 44 percent. In other headlines, Netflix is estimated to grow to 128 million subscribers by 2020, Nintendo releases details about Nintendo Switch, set to launch next year, and Twitch Prime goes global, expanding into 200 countries worldwide.