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Amazon Pulls Out of Plans to Build New Headquarters in New York City

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Breaking up is hard to do. On Valentine’s Day, Amazon and New York City “consciously uncoupled” when Amazon announced that it would not build a new headquarters – known as HQ2 – in New York City after all. In a statement, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) said it was backing out of the agreement because of the lack of support and pressure it felt from state and local politicians. Without political support and collaboration among key stakeholders, building a new facility would have been challenging at best.

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Weekly Subscription News: NBC, Nintendo and Nuzzel

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In this week’s subscription headlines, NBC launches subscription service IndyCar Pass, but it won’t play live races, Digital First Media isn’t giving up on Gannett just yet, and Starz is raising its rates on CraveTV. Also this week, Facebook has gotten in trouble in Germany for its data collection services, Nintendo wants to increase appeal of its Switch Online gaming subscription service, and Scroll buys Nuzzel, a news aggregator.

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Five on Friday: Web Design, Retention and Ad Revenue

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TGIF. Are you ready to wrap up the week? We are – and weve got five features to help wind things down. Web Publishing Pro offers great tips for creating effective sign-up pages, we share why creating local content helps attract and retain subscribers, 24/7 Wall Street predicts that newspaper ad revenue will drop this year, GateHouse Media lays off 60 U.S. journalists following a $30 million acquisition, and Epix launches an OTT service.

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Food Delivery Startup Postmates Files for IPO

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Last week, San Francisco-based food delivery startup Postmates Inc. filed confidentially for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports the Wall Street Journal. Postmates has not specified a time frame to complete the IPO, nor the size or price range they are targeting. Postmates confirmed the filing in a brief February 7 statement. Postmates said the IPO will begin after the SEC has completed its standard review.

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T-Mobile Planning a Streaming Video Marketplace to Compete with Amazon

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T-Mobile believes there is a place for it in the streaming video market. In fact, they hope to compete with the likes of Amazon Channels who offers a buffet of streaming subscription channels accessible from a single dashboard. T-Mobile announced its plans during a February 7 earnings call to report its fourth quarter and 2018 financials.

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Tableau Credits Subscription Transition and Innovation for Strong Q4

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Tableau’s subscription transition continues to be successful for the data analytics company, according to the company’s February 5 earnings report for the fourth quarter and full year 2018. Tableau reports total annual recurring revenue of $840.9 million, a 41 percent increase year-over-year. More than half of that – $443.2 million – was subscription annual recurring revenue, a 127 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2017 – quite an impressive growth rate!

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Spotify Takes a Hard Line Against Free Listeners Who Use Ad Blockers

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Starting March 1, Spotify users under the free service tier will not be able to listen for free if they use ad blockers, reports CNET. The streaming music service is taking a hard line against users who aren’t willing to give a little of their time to see ads in exchange for free music. To stop this imbalance, Spotify is updating its terms of service to clarify its position on ad blockers and similar tools and to let users know they can shut down the accounts of violators.

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Lexus Launches Subscription-Style ‘Complete Lease’ Program in the U.S.

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Lexus is the latest auto manufacturer to dip its toe in the subscription waters, though they aren’t calling their new program a subscription, per se. Last week, Lexus announced a new, full-service Lexus Complete Lease program which mirrors many auto subscriptions. Lexus Complete Lease is a two-year lease with a 20,000-mile cap, and the payment includes the lease cost, maintenance, insurance and connected services like SiriusXM and Lexus Enform Remote Destination Assist in one bundled monthly payment.

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Weekly Subscription News: FabFitFun, Furniture and Fujitsu

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Being based in Boston, we have to take a moment to congratulate the New England Patriots on yet another Super Bowl win – congrats! Now onto the subscription news for the week – FabFitFun is the latest subscription startup to raise funds for expansion, Penske Media buys the remaining share of Rolling Stone magazine, and IKEA is looking at furniture subscriptions. Also this week, Spotify is considering buying a podcast company and Fujitsu launches the first scanner subscription service.

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Five on Friday: Ad Blocking, BrightByte and Subscription Jobs

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Happy Friday! Were ready for the weekend, but before we go, weve got five great features for you: Apple may be planning a subscription service, Microsoft is buying BrightBytes DataSense service, PlayStations subscription success helps it surpass competitors, Xbox Game Pass and EA Access, Google has been asked to review its ad blocking policies due to anti-competitive concerns, and everyones favorite – top subscription jobs!

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