July 1, 2019

Apple to Tweak News Plus Subscription App to Appease Publishers

Despite a lot of fanfare and publicity, Apple News +, the news and magazine subscription service launched by Apple in March, isnt as popular as anticipated. As a result, Apple is planning tweaks to the three-monthly subscription service, reports Business Insider. Apple News + is the subscription component of the free Apple News app. The News + subscription is a revamped version of Texture, the magazine subscription app service that Apple acquired last year. After a free one-month trial, News + subscribers can access more than 300 publications for $9.99 a month in the U.S. and $12.99 a month in Canada.

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Automatic Renewal Protections Act of 2019

Regulation of automatically renewing contracts is continuing at the state level with Washington DC. The law which originally passed in March of 2019 has now been funded and will take effect in October 2020. The Automatic Renewal Protections Act of 2019 now stipulates new requirements, including a second opt-in for contracts that include a free trial before charging the consumer for the automatically renewing paid term. Lisa B. Dubrow, Esq explains.

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