With the majority of states and millions of businesses shutting down with stay-at-home orders, the country is in a downward spiral economically. In an attempt to help companies, workers and families, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act with bipartisan support. The CARES Act was signed into law by President Donald […]
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Weekly Subscription News, Apr. 11: HBO gives Americas 500 free hours of prem. content, Bustle lays off 24, SF Examiner and SF Weekly cut pay and hours for all staff.
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In this week’s edition of Five on Friday, Howard Saltz presents a new perspective on bringing down paywalls during the coronavirus crisis: we shouldn’t be taking down paywalls when the newspaper industry is in crisis too. Also this week, Apple lets some video apps escape the 30% “Apple Tax,” Spotify earns the streaming music industry’s
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MediaNews Group (MNG), owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, is gutting newsrooms again, reports News Matters. Though no official announcement was made by the company, newspapers from coast to coast have been impacted. In fact, News Matters said that it seems no MNG newspaper has been spared, including the Denver Post, the Boston Herald,
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Wait, what? You read that headline correctly. Just days after The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest newspaper, laid off 22 newsroom employees, the remaining 14 employees received more bad news. They have been prohibited from reporting on Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Summit County, as well as any statewide news, reports CleveScene.com. Those regions will now
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After an employee tested positive for COVID-19, Peloton has canceled its live cycling and running classes through the end of April.
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Reports are circulating in the media that Amazon is considering postponing its popular Prime Day because of the coronavirus crisis, says USA Today. The massive online sale, sometimes referred to as Black Friday in July, started in 2015 to reward Prime members and attract new ones with great deals on millions of items. Because the
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Apple ended March on a high note with the acquisition of weather app Dark Sky. Dark Sky announced the acquisition in a March 31 blog post. For now, there won’t be any changes to the iOS version of the app, and it will still be available in the App Store for $3.99. However, the Android
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Weekly Subscription News, Apr. 4, 2020: AT&T and YouTube TV offer free content, 24 Hour Fitness faces backlash, and W magazine and BuzzFeed announce cuts.
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They say you can’t stop a speeding train. Perhaps that’s why Microsoft moved full steam ahead with its plan to unveil new subscription products and product features, despite the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the technology company unveiled Microsoft 365, a rebranding of Office 365 which Microsoft says is an evolution of the popular Office suite,
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