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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!

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Five on Friday: Top eCommerce Tips, Email Conversions and Ad Blocking

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In this weeks edition of Five on Friday, Media Post reports that magazine mobile web audiences are up 17 percent, Business2Community offers top tips we can learn from subscription boxes, Forbes tells us what brands need to consider before starting a subscription service, a Kantar Media study reveals that one in five people block all ads, and Constant Contact shares ways to convert website visitors into email subscribers.

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Washington Post Launches Twitch Channel for Must-Watch News and Events

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The Washington Post is looking for new ways to engage younger audiences. On Monday, The Post announced it was launching a channel on Twitch to stream live coverage of “must-watch news and political events.” The first event was Monday morning when Libby Casey hosted a live stream about President Donald Trump’s and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first summit. Casey was joined by White House reporter David Nakamura and audience editor Gene Park to break down the summit and the ramifications it holds for our nation.

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Netflix Stock Tanks After Q2 Earnings Report

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This week is not off to a good start for Netflix. On Monday, the streaming video on demand pioneer reported its second quarter financials. While the report was strong, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) said in a letter to shareholders that the quarter was ‘not stellar.’ The biggest difference between actual versus forecast figures was in the membership category. Membership grew by 5.2 million to 130 million members, but this was lower than the 6.2 million new members forecast for the quarter. Netflix said it fell short because it had over-forecast global additions and acquisition growth was slower than expected.

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Hearst Settles Video Privacy Violation for $50 Million

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Last week Hearst Communications Inc. agreed to pay $50 million to settle an alleged violation of the Michigan Video Rental Privacy Act, reports Law360. In a 2015 case in which plaintiff Josephine James Edwards sought class action status, Hearst was accused of selling its magazine customers’ subscription information including magazine subscription histories, reading habits, age, race, religion, charitable donations, political affiliations, income range, shopping habits and other personal data to third parties including data-mining companies without consent.

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Justice Department Challenges AT&T-Time Warner Merger Decision

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Last week the U.S. Department of Justice challenged the June 12 decision by Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court in Washington to allow a merger between AT&T and Time Warner to go through, reports the New York Times. Judge Leon disagreed with the DOJ, who filed suit against the deal in November 2017, that the merger would give the combined companies a competitive advantage and hurt consumers, approving the $85.4 billion merger. The decision essentially allowed AT&T and Time Warner to become Warner Media, a media and telecommunications behemoth with television stations, a movie studio, a wireless company and DirecTV.

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Weekly Subscription News: Digital Currency, Clickhole and Comcast

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In this week’s subscription news, Apple Music reportedly has more paid U.S. subscribers than Spotify, The Onion, Clickhole and A.V. Club are preparing for layoffs, and the FTC files an injunction to stop online marketers for deceptive free trial offers. Also this week, GameStop finds success with GaaS, Netflix ends subscriber content reviews, and Wired launches its own OTT channel.

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Netflix News: Smart Downloads, Ultra Tier Tests and $13B for Content

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It has been a busy summer already for Netflix, and we’ve got all kinds of Netflix news to share. The changes include the introduction of Smart Downloads to make binge watching and watching on the go easier, an increase in its content budget from $8 billion to between $12 billion or $13 billion, initial testing of a pricier ‘ultra’ tier for watching Netflix in 4K and HDR, and the end of the Yelp-like subscriber content reviews, starting in mid-August.

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Five on Friday: Subscription Jobs, Copyright and Cancellations

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In this weeks Five on Friday, a new California law makes it easier for subscribers to cancel their subscriptions online (it could help subscribers in other states too), we look at the battle between retail giants Amazon and Walmart, the EU rejects the Copyright Directive aimed at big tech platforms, Forbes shares business metrics every company needs to know to be successful, and LinkedIn posts top subscription jobs.

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Toyota Launches Monthly Car Sharing Membership Service in Honolulu

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Whether you’re looking for a car for an hour or a day, Toyota’s new Hui round-trip, station-based car sharing membership service has you covered. Members get access to Hui’s fully-loaded Toyota and Lexus by reserving them through a smartphone app and picking them up at a designated location. For now, Hui is available exclusively in Hawaii at more than 20 pick-up and drop-off locations in Honolulu. The car sharing program is a joint venture between Toyota and Servco Pacific, Toyota’s new car distributor in Hawaii.

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The App Store Celebrates 10 Years of Apps, Games and Subscriptions

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Yesterday Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) celebrated the tenth anniversary of the App Store which originally launched on July 10, 2008 with 500 apps. Now the App Store serves customers in 155 countries, and 500 million visitors go to the App Store every week. The App Store has more than 2 million apps, 20 million registered developers and revenues over $100 billion, according to The Verge. Apple shared some notable moments in the App Store’s 10-year history, including the following.

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