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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!

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Brave Browser Files Complaint Against IAB Europe for GDPR Violations

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Last week, ad blocking browser Brave filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission against IAB Europe for using an unlawful cookie wall, reports Media Post. When visitors go to the IAB Europe site (http://iabeurope.eu), they must consent to use cookies before they can access the site. IAB Europe says the cookies help it improve functionality, analytics, advertising and social media sharing.

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CMA Investigates Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft Gaming Subscriptions

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Last Friday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK announced it is investigating the gaming subscriptions of Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox to determine if their business practices and terms and conditions are legal and fair. It has written to each of the companies asking for information about their online gaming contracts. The CMA, which is the UKs primary competition and consumer authority, is also asking consumers to reach out to share their personal experiences.

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Weekly Subscription News: Conde Nast, Catalogs and Closures

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If you are tired of hearing about the Mueller report, weve got interesting subscription headlines to peruse instead. In this weeks subscription headlines, DC Universe brings its full comic catalog to subscribers, Conde Nast publications Pitchfork and Ars Technica join a union, and GateHouse launches a digital subscription lab with Google. Also this week, Nickelodeon buys Sparkler, Apple News+ gets 200K sign-ups in 48 hours and Sinclair shutters Circa.

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Bustle Digital Group Buys The Outline for Undisclosed Sum

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Bustle Digital Group has acquired the New York-based tech/culture site The Outline for an undisclosed sum, reports Recode. Bustle is the same company that acquired Gawker and Mic. The Outline was founded in 2016 by Josh Topolsky, CEO, who will continue to run the site. According to Recode, Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg wants to use The Outlines custom publishing platform across his digital sites, hoping to attract advertisers who want to see something a big different.

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Five on Friday: Fraud, Price Hikes and Top Subscription Jobs

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Happy Friday! We hope you had a productive week. As we head into April, we bring you the latest subscription news. In this weeks Five on Friday, Apple plans to shut down its Texture app, two months after launching Apple News+; MoviePass rival Sinemia introduces new plan and cancels 3 percent of accounts due to fraud; Netflixs price hikes are just around the corner; Spotify tests Premium Duo, a streaming music subscription plan for couples; and LinkedIn shares top subscription jobs youll want to check out.

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Scribd Launches Exclusive Content from Bestselling Authors

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Yesterday, Scribd announced the launch of Scribd Originals, exclusive content from bestselling authors including Roxane Gay, Hilton Als, Peter Heller, Mark Seal, Paul Theroux and Garrett Graff, among others. In addition, Scribd Originals will include “experimental works” from different genres. Scribd describes these works as falling somewhere between magazines and full-length books, so there isn’t a traditional marketplace for them. However, Scribd believes these works are ideal for ebooks and audiobooks.

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Charles Schwab Now Offers Investment Advice Digitally via Subscription

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Last week, Charles Schwab joined the subscription economy, offering investment advice digitally via subscription. The company previously offered this as a fee-based service called Schwab Intelligent Advisory, charging clients an advisory fee of 0.28 percent. The new subscription-based service is called Schwab Intelligent Portfolios Premium, and it builds on the company’s base 24/7 digital investment service called Schwab Intelligent Portfolios. Rather than paying an advisory fee, investment clients will pay a one-time initial fee of $300 for planning and a $30 monthly subscription fee, billed quarterly. Using Schwab Intelligent Portfolios Premium requires a minimum investment of $25,000.

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Video Game Developer and Distributor EA to Lay Off 350 Employees

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Video game developer and distributor Electronic Arts, better known as EA, is laying off 350 of its 9,000 employees, or 3.9 percent, globally, reports The Verge. The layoffs will primarily impact marketing and publishing. However, EA has closed its Japan office and will be “ramping down” its Russia office. Considering the company’s third quarter results for the period ended December 31, 2018, this should not come as a surprise.

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EU Fines Google $1.49 Billion Euros for Antitrust Violations

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On March 20, the European Commission announced it was fining technology giant Google €1.49 billion, or about $1.67 billion U.S., for breaching the European Union’s antitrust rules for abusive practices in online advertising, Specifically, the European Commission said Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) had abused its power by imposing restrictions on third-party websites like newspapers, blogs, travel services and other websites, effectively blocking ads from Google’s rivals from coming up in search results.

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Weekly Subscription News: Content, Crunchyroll and QuickBooks

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If your teams are already out of the NCAA tournament, we’ve got you covered with some riveting subscription headlines: Crunchyroll raises its monthly subscription price for the first time since its 2006 launch, and Pinterest files for an IPO.The New York Times and Washington Post pass on becoming part of Apple News. Also this week, Zuora adds five new patents for subscription services, Google starts a subscription lab for local publishers to develop paid content, and the new LA Times owner sets a goal of 5 million digital subscribers

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