April 14, 2018

In this week’s subscription headlines, Fitbit’s multi-year transformation is testing the patience of investors, the Dutch newsletter platform Revue opens up subscription features, and Apple is ordered to pay a patent troll $500 million in an iMessage case. Also this week, The Seattle Times is making digital subscription growth everyone’s job, Billie secures $6 million in funding, and Netflix banks on the mass appeal of hip-hop in ‘Rapture.’