Weekly Subscription News: BlackBerry, Blinkist and Battles

In this week’s subscription news, BlackBerry’s sales are slowing since their switch to subscriptions, Sinemia battles MoviePass with new family plans, and the Volvo

In this week’s subscription news, BlackBerry’s sales are slowing since their switch to subscriptions, Sinemia battles MoviePass with new family plans, and the Volvo S60 subscription is so popular, customers are having a hard time getting cars. Also this week, Google makes it easier to cancel app subscriptions, Lyft is exploring subscriptions, and TuneIn Radio is considering a sale.

BlackBerry Signals Slowing Sales on Subscription Switch
Gadgets 360

Sinemia Announces New Family Plans in Latest Move to Battle MoviePass
Deseret News

Volvo S60 Launches $775/Month Subscription, But Will You Even Be Able to Get One?
Autoweek

Blinkist Raises $18.8 Million to Grow Its Abridged eBook Subscription Service
Venture Beat

Google, Unlike Apple, Is Making It Easy to Cancel App Subscriptions
Gizmodo

Why Lyft Is Trying to Become the Next Subscription Business
Wired

TuneIn Radio Service Hires LionTree to Explore Possible Sale
Bloomberg

Hired Raises $30 Million to Build an Easy Subscription Pipeline for Company Hiring
TechCrunch

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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!