This Week’s Subscription Headlines: Shipping, Social and Snap

In this week’s subscription headlines, WaPo and Snap (formerly Snapchat) sign a deal to reach millennials, Microsoft officially launches the Outlook.com subscription, and Digiday

In this week’s subscription headlines, WaPo and Snap (formerly Snapchat) sign a deal to reach millennials, Microsoft officially launches the Outlook.com subscription, and Digiday reveals how The Economist turns social visitors into subscribers. Also, this week we’re reading subscription news about platforms and publishers playing the access game, lower estimates for ad blocking the US, and new rules in the EU for online subscriptions.

How Platforms Get Publishers to Play the Access Game
Digiday

WaPo and Snap Sign Distribution Deal to Reach Millennials
Media Daily News

CSS Music Announces New Rollover Download Subscription Plan
Digital Journal

eMarketer Scales Back Estimates of Ad Blocking in the US
eMarketer

Amazon Prime Delivers Nice Revenue for 2016, Doesn’t Cover Net Shipping Costs Yet
ZDNet

Digital Single Market: New EU Rules for Online Subscription Services
The European Sting

How The Economist Turns Social Visitors Into Subscribers
Digiday

Microsoft’s Outlook.com Subscription Is Officially Available
Engadget

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Dana E. Neuts

Dana Neuts is Subscription Insider's Editorial Director, covering our daily subscription news as well as member features, case studies, premium content, and reports. Dana is also a writer, editor, marketer and communications professional. Her work has appeared in AARP Bulletin, The Seattle Times, Seattle Business, 425 Business, 425 Magazine, South Sound Magazine, Northwest Travel and more. Her specialties include business writing, community news, senior issues, travel and, of course, subscriptions!