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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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Amazon Reports Net Sales Up 29 Percent in the Third Quarter

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Last Thursday, Amazon [NASDAQ: AMZN] reported net sales of $56.6 billion, a 29 percent increase year-over-year, in the third quarter for the period ended September 30, 2018. For the same period last year, Amazon reported $43.7 billion. The company reported net income of $2.9 billion for the third quarter, or $5.75 per diluted share, compared to $256 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2017.

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Weekly Subscription News: Footprints, Freebies and Fake Emails

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In this week’s subscription news, scammers are stealing Apple IDs using a fake Spotify email, the Kansas City Star bumps up annual subscriptions to $846, and Cheddar expands its local footprint with a CUNY TV deal. Also in the headlines this week, Lena Dunham shuts down her three-year-old Lenny newsletter, Netflix looks at cheaper subscription pricing in India, and SiriusXM and Amazon team up to offer freebies with the Echo Dot.

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Five on Friday: Good-bye, Google+ and Why We Hate Digital Ads

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In this weeks edition of Five on Friday, weve got some great subscription articles to share. Google finally says good-bye to social media platform, Google+, MarTech Advisor shares tips on how to scale SaaS revenue by using a predictable pipeline, eMarketer tells us why people hate digital ads, TechRadar reveals why setting your browser to do not track mode doesnt actually work, and Fast Company explores the $2.6 billion subscription box market.

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The Economist Unveils First Print Redesign Since 2001

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Last week, The Economist unveiled a new look – a revamped print edition with a modern design that shares the look and feel of The Economist’s apps, website and 1843 magazine. Starting with its October 20 edition, the new design includes new typefaces optimized for their respective platforms, a larger cover masthead, bolder imagery, revised table of contents page, bold styles and revamped infographics and cartographics, among other changes.

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Microsoft Starts Fiscal Year 2019 Strong with Revenue of $29.1 Billion

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Microsoft Corp. [NASDAQ: MSFT] came out of the gate strong in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2019, for the period ended September 30, 2018. The Redmond, Washington-based company reported revenue of $29.1 billion, an increase of 19 percent year-over-year, operating income of $10.0 billion, an increase of 29 percent year-over-year, and net income of $8.8 billion, a 34 percent increase year-over-year, and diluted earnings per share of $1.14, a 36 percent increase year-over-year.

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Loot Crate Launches Digital Subscription for Indie Games, Loot Play

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Loot Crate, a fan-focused subscription box marketplace, is getting in the gaming business. Last week, Loot Crate announced the launch of Loot Play, a monthly digital gaming subscription for independently-developed PC games. Starting at $10 a month, Loot Play subscribers will receive five curated, high-quality indie games, including a featured title, delivered digitally on the 17th or 18th of each month. The remaining four games will be a mystery. An Active Steam account is required to redeem the codes necessary to play the games. Loot Play is currently only available to customers in the U.S.

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Spotify Upgrades Premium Subscription for a Streamlined Experience

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Last week, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) upgraded the user experience for Spotify Premium subscribers, creating a more personal intuitive experience. The streaming music platform began rolling out the changes to Spotify Premium subscribers on iOS and Android last Thursday. The changes include: Spotify has streamlined navigation by reducing its five navigation buttons to three: Home, Search and My Library to help subscribers find their favorite songs, artists, albums, podcasts and playlists faster.

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Hearst Acquires 7 Weekly Newspapers from Hersam Acorn Newspapers

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Media consolidation continues as Hearst announces their acquisition of seven weekly newspapers from Hersam Acorn Newspapers, LLC in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The deal includes the print and digital assets of The Ridgefield Press, The Wilton Bulletin, New Canaan Advertisers, The Darien Times, The Shelton Herald, The Trumbull Times and The Milford Mirror. The newspapers will join the Hearst Connecticut Media Group which currently includes eight daily newspapers including New Haven Register, Connecticut Post, Greenwich Time, Stamford Advocate and The Norwalk Hour and 20 weekly newspapers.

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Weekly Subscription News: Porsche, Payments and Publishing

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In this week’s subscription headlines, Sky baits binge watchers with a loyalty scheme and Netflix subscriptions, Facebook purges more than 800 publishers accounts for political spam, and the Boston Globe hits a subscription milestone. Also this week, Porsche sees success with its subscription service and considers expanding, publishers report growth in their tests with Amazon Pay, and Google (finally) shuts down Google+.

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Five on Friday: DocuSign, Discord and Deceitful Subscription Practices

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Halloween is just around the corner and we have tricks and treats in this weeks Five on Friday: the FBI investigates ad fraud and questionable media buying practices in the U.S., Apple puts a stop to tricksters using deceitful practices to entice users into subscribing, Discord opens a beta games store and revamps its Nitro games subscription, DocuSign agrees to acquire SpringCM, and Shopify shares three support channels your subscription business needs now.

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