Year: 2025 - Page 11 - Subscription Insider

Bonnier Finalizes Readly Acquisition and Delisting Following Profitability Milestone

Business Media and Publishing, Business Strategy, Consumer Media and Publishing, Industry Announcements, News / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

With 427,000 subscribers and SEK 725 million in 2024 revenue, the all-you-can-read magazine platform now becomes a wholly owned part of Bonnier’s subscription media portfolio

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FTC Fines Paddle $5 Million for Facilitating Tech Support Scams Through Its Payment Platform

News, Payment Processing, Regulation and Compliance, SaaS and Cloud Services, Technology / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

Settlement bans Paddle from processing payments for tech-support telemarketers and raises new scrutiny on merchant-of-record models used in subscription billing

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WhatsApp to Introduce Ads and Paid Subscriptions in Major Monetization Shift

Business Strategy, Consumer Media and Publishing, Consumer Services, Direct-to-Consumer, Industry Announcements, News, Paywall, Subscription Apps / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

Meta will begin showing ads in the Updates tab and launch paid channel subscriptions—marking the first time WhatsApp monetizes with ads or user-paid features.

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Trump Mobile Launches with $47.45/Month Subscription Plan and Branded Smartphone

Uncategorized / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

Private-label wireless service joins a growing trend of ideologically branded Mobile Virtual Networks (MVNO) tapping into subscription economics

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Snapchat Launches Lens+ Subscription to Expand Monetization of AR Features

Consumer Media and Publishing, Direct-to-Consumer, Entertainment and Streaming, Industry Announcements, News, Paywall, Pricing, Subscription Apps / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

The $8.99 monthly add-on offers exclusive AI-powered lenses and sets the stage for a new creator monetization model

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Disney to Finalize Hulu Buyout by July 24 After Arbitration Sets Final Price at $438.7 Million

Business Model, Business Strategy, Consumer Media and Publishing, Consumer Services, Direct-to-Consumer, Entertainment and Streaming, Industry Announcements, Mergers and Acquisitions, News / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

Disney’s total payment for Comcast’s one-third stake in Hulu now exceeds $9 billion, as the streaming giant moves toward full operational control by late July.

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Inside WBD’s Corporate Split: A Strategic Playbook for Subscription Growth

Business Operations, Business Strategy, Case Studies, Direct-to-Consumer, Entertainment and Streaming, Mergers and Acquisitions, Start Here, Subscriber Only / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

Warner Bros. Discovery isn’t just breaking up—it’s reorganizing for growth. Here’s what subscription executives can learn from their structural reset.

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Warner Bros. Discovery to Split Into Two Companies, Assigns Bulk of Debt to Linear TV Business

Business Strategy, Direct-to-Consumer, Entertainment and Streaming, Industry Announcements, Mergers and Acquisitions, News / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

Move separates declining pay-TV assets from streaming and studio operations as company prepares to restructure billions in debt and focus on long-term digital growth

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STARZ Emerges Strong Despite Separation Headwinds

Business Strategy, Consumer Media and Publishing, Direct-to-Consumer, Entertainment and Streaming, Industry Announcements, Mergers and Acquisitions, News / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

Premium streamer delivers 530K U.S. OTT adds in Q4; sets growth path post-Lionsgate split

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YouTube Escalates Ad Blocker Crackdown to Push Premium Subscriptions

Business Strategy, Consumer Media and Publishing, Entertainment and Streaming, News, Paywall / Kathleen Greenler Sexton

With server-side ad injection and browser-specific enforcement, YouTube doubles down on its strategy to convert ad-averse users into paying subscribers.

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