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August 18, 2017

Five on Friday: Subscription Boxes, SaaS and SEO

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This has been a difficult week in America, no matter which side of the aisle youre on. Setting aside unfortunate tragedies and politics for a few minutes, we bring you five short reads to start your weekend. In this weeks Five on Friday, Julian Hayes II suggests four morning habits that will start your day out right, PYMNTS talks about the growing popularity of subscription boxes, Janet Driscoll Miller shares SEO tips for SaaS companies for Search Engine Land, Tribute Media tells us what four things our websites must do to capture the attention of readers, and Hubspot tells us about the five hottest message apps to use for marketing.

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Online Radio Company TuneIn Raises $50 Million to Expand Programming

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Online radio company TuneIn has raised $50 million in new capital to pay for original programming including podcasts and music shows, as well as pay for rights to broadcast live sporting events, says Bloomberg. Lead investors in this funding round were venture capital firms Comcast Ventures, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) and Marker LLC. Additional investors include Causeway Media Partners, Expanding Capital, General Catalyst and Sequoia Capital, according to Crunchbase. To date, TuneIn has raised a total of $140 million.

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Quarterly Financial Round-Up for Aug. 18, 2017, Part 2

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This quarterly financial round-up is a continuation of last week’s article when we reviewed Activision Blizzard, Alarm.com, CBS, Etsy and IAC. This week we’re featuring quarterly financial results from Apple, DISH Network, Onvia, SiriusXM and Tronc. Highlights among these companies include Apple’s net income of $8.7 billion and a $2 million donation in the wake of last week’s violence in Charlottesville, and SiriusXM’s subscriber base exceeding the 32 million mark.

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