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Five on Friday: Paywalls, Privacy and Publishing

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May is halfway over and the month has already been filled with announcements, financial reports, mergers, acquisitions and other subscription news. Here are a few features that intrigued us this week: Conde Nast sells Golf Digest to Discovery Inc., publishers are finding new ways to foil readers who refuse to pay to play, Apple releases a new Apple TV app in 100+ countries, Googles new privacy rules are raising eyebrows, and Hubspot shares marketing terms every subscription business should know.

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