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June 14, 2019

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Five on Friday: Instant Articles, Antitrust and Unlocking Access

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We hope youll find something interesting in this weeks Five on Friday to keep you going until the end of your workday: Facebook offers new subscription tools for publishers through Instant Articles; the House Judiciary Committee has launched an investigation into big tech for possible antitrust violations; streaming video on demand services are expected to grow by 119 million in 2019; Wired tries a new tactic to let advertisers unlock access for readers; and Foursquare tells us to skip generic messages and develop a more personal relationship with customers instead.

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Focus On Subscription Show 2019: How We Transformed Our Retail Ecommerce Business to Subscriptions

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Sovrin Tolia of HP will be presenting at Subscription Show 2019 lead an informative session in our Subscription Product Strategy track on HP InstaInk: How We Transformed Our Retail Ecommerce Business to Subscriptions. Subscription Show 2019 is the conference attend to stay on top of the latest trends impacting your recurring-revenue business and connect with the people and companies that can help both you and your business grow. Get the preview of Sovrin’s session here.

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Slack Reports 67 Percent Increase in Total Revenue for Q1 FY2020

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Slacks fiscal year 2020 is off to a good start. For its first fiscal quarter of 2020 for the period ended April 30, 2019, global collaboration hub Slack reported total revenue of $134.8 million, a 67% increase year-over-year. The company ended the quarter with more than 95,000 paying subscribers, including 645 who generate more than $100,000 in annual recurring revenue, an 84% increase year-over-year. Launched publicly in 2014, the Slack collaboration tool has more than 10 million daily active users, in over 600,000 organizations in over 150 countries. Slacks net dollar retention rate was 138%.

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