Weekly Subscription News: Content, Cars and Cannabis

This week’s subscription news features a variety of subscription companies – news, fitness, cars, movies, payments and more. The Globe and Mail launches Canada’s

This week’s subscription news features a variety of subscription companies – news, fitness, cars, movies, payments and more. The Globe and Mail launches Canada’s first premium subscription news service about cannabis, Audi tests a car subscription service in Dallas, and according to CNBC, Netflix could lose one-fourth of its subscribers if it runs ads on the streaming video on-demand service. Also this week, celebrity fitness trainer Dana Perri launches a subscription service, Instagram Shopping gets a personalized explore channel and stories tags, and Snapchat partners with 25 media companies.

The Globe and Mail Launches Canada’s First Premium Subscription Cannabis News Service
Longview News Journal

Celebrity Fitness Trainer Dana Perri Launches Subscription Service
MarketWatch

Audi Launches Luxury Car Subscription Pilot Program in Dallas
Engadget

MoviePass Competitor Sinemia Has Launched an Unlimited Movie-Ticket Subscription Plan for $29.99
Markets Insider

One-quarter of Netflix Subscribers May Drop Streaming Video Service If It Runs Ads
CNBC

Instagram Shopping Gets Personalized Explore Channel, Stories Tags
TechCrunch

Snapchat Partners with 25 Media Companies, Leverages Users’ Content
MediaPost

Disney Bets Big on Digital Dollars as it Dismantles Lucrative Long-Time Distribution
TVRev.com

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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!