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Five on Friday: Startups, Starz and Strategy

Featuring Fair, SoftBank, Tubi and Microsoft

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Before you prepare to ring in the new year, take a look at these hot subscription topics. In this week's Five on Friday, beauty retailers grow their U.S. online sales by an impressive 24 percent, digital startup Fair gets a $385 million investment from SoftBank, Starz markets to former subscribers with a special deal to lure them back, Tubi offers an ad-supported video-on-demand model for cord cutters who don't want to pay for a streaming subscription service, and Micros...

 

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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!
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