Weekly Subscription News: AMI, Acquisitions and Android Developers

In this week’s subscription headlines, Sinemia finds a way to reach non-subscribers – through movie ticket discounts, AMI shuts down some of its publications,

In this week’s subscription headlines, Sinemia finds a way to reach non-subscribers – through movie ticket discounts, AMI shuts down some of its publications, and the Financial Times acquires a majority interest in The Next Web. Also this week, The Wall Street Journal hires more newsroom staff, NBCUniversal licenses hundreds of movies and TV episodes to Tubi, and BuzzFeed experiments with a printed newspaper in New York City – for a day.

Sinemia Offers Non-Subscribers Movie Ticket Discounts
9to5Mac

AMI Shutters Pubs, Spirited Media Puts Sites Up For Sale
Media Post

Financial Times Acquires Majority Interest in The Next Web
Financial Times

NBCUniversal is Licensing Nearly 400 Movies and TV Episodes to Tubi
Business Insider

The Atlantic’s Shift to Subscriptions is Delayed
Digiday

Google Gives Android Developers New Tools to Make Money from Users Who Don’t Pay
TechCrunch

BuzzFeed Prints Out Newspapers for One Day Only in NYC
NiemanLab

‘The Wall Street Journal’ Boosts Newsroom with New Hires
Media Post

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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!