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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 to Acquire Online Pharmacy PillPack for $1 Billion in Cash

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Until now, one arena Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has not ventured into is the prescription arena, but that will change soon. At the end of June, Amazon announced that it had agreed to purchase PillPack, an online pharmacy that sells pre-sorted doses of prescription medications through home delivery. CNBC reports the deal is valued at around $1 billion in cash. PillPack and Walmart had been in talks for months, but they had not agreed to a final offer when Amazon stepped in. Assuming the deal passes all regulatory hurdles, the deal is expected to close in the second half of 2018.

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MoviePass Moves to Peak Pricing for Popular Movies Based on Demand

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In yet another change to its subscription program, MoviePass (NASDAQ: HMNY) has launched surge pricing for popular movies during peak show times, reports Variety. MoviePass says its ‘new dynamic pricing system’ will take into consideration the demand for certain movies at peak days and times and add a ‘small additional fee’ based on that demand. Movie ticket surcharges will range in price from $2 to $6 based on demand.

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Weekly Subscription News: Quartz, Colgate and KelbyOne

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This might be a short week due to the 4th of July holiday, but that didn’t slow down the subscription news. Highlights from this week’s headlines include Netflix testing a pricier ‘ultra’ subscription tier, Uber competing against Lyft with an eBike subscription and Colgate wanting to invest in an online subscription service. Also this week, Telegraph’s profits fall 50 percent, KelbyOne launches a subscription for photography courses and Rolling Stone moves to a pricier monthly subscription.

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New Subscription Gives Pet Parents Access to Vet Advice for $10 a Month

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The next time Fido or Fluffy eat a cardboard box or get stung by an unknown insect, subscribers can get expert advice from a veterinarian starting at $10 a month, reports Mental Floss. Imagine not having to Google your pet’s condition but being able to talk to a real vet “on demand.” The new subscription service is called Fuzzy Pet Health, and the basic level – Fuzzy Connect – is available nationwide. Its other two membership plans are limited to the San Francisco Bay area (San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara, Berkeley, Oakland, Daly City, Sunnyvale, San Mateo, Marin and Walnut Creek).

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Five on Friday: Rebranding, Copyright Reform and Influencer Marketing

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In this weeks Five on Friday, Google undergoes a major rebranding to simplify its offerings, Cobloom shares ways to reduce SaaS customer acquisition costs, Billboard reports that Sir Paul McCartney is reaching out to European regulators for copyright reform and to address the value gap in payments for digital music, Business.com offers tips for using influencer marketing effectively, and Shopify gives ways to use social media marketing to increase online sales.

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Amazon Prime Day – July 16 – to Feature 1 Million Plus Deals

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What’s better than getting unlimited access to Amazon Prime video, free shipping, free release-date delivery on new video games and music, free online photo storage and free trials of Amazon Prime channels like HBO and Showtime? Getting those perks on Amazon Prime Day 2018, scheduled for July 16. This year’s much-anticipated shopping day is 36 hours long, starting at noon Pacific Time on July 16 and running through July 17. This is six hours more than 2017’s Prime Day.

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AT&T Launches WatchTV with Unlimited Data Plans

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With the Time Warner acquisition complete, AT&T is rolling out all sorts of new products and services. In addition to the upcoming launch of DC Universe, which we wrote about yesterday, AT&T has announced a new streaming service, WatchTV, available with its two newest unlimited data plans. At launch, WatchTV will offer 30+ live channels including AMC, CNN, Lifetime, TLC, TruTV, TBS and Boomerang, and it has plans to add more. Compatible with most smart phones and web browsers, WatchTV also offers a library of more than 15,000 TV shows and movies on-demand. At a later date, WatchTV will be available as a standalone subscription for $15 a month.

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DC Universe Streaming Subscription Service Coming to Screens This Fall

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Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, new series, exclusive content and more. That’s what DC Entertainment is promising fans with its new digital streaming subscription service – DC Universe – scheduled to launch this fall. DC Universe will feature TV shows, live action movies, animated programs, breaking news, an interactive encyclopedia, merchandise, membership rewards and a curated library of modern and classic comics, reports Forbes. DC Universe will also feature exclusive new shows: Titans this year and Doom Patrol and Swamp Thing next year, and two animated series Harley Quinn and Young Justice: Outsiders.

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Weekly Subscription News: BlackBerry, Blinkist and Battles

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In this week’s subscription news, BlackBerry’s sales are slowing since their switch to subscriptions, Sinemia battles MoviePass with new family plans, and the Volvo S60 subscription is so popular, customers are having a hard time getting cars. Also this week, Google makes it easier to cancel app subscriptions, Lyft is exploring subscriptions, and TuneIn Radio is considering a sale.

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Pandora and iHeartRadio Subscription Streams to Influence Billboard Charts

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Starting with July 14 rankings, Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts will start including data from subscription streams from both Pandora and iHeartRadio, provided by Nielsen Music. The debut will include streaming data from the week of June 29 through July 5. This is the same week that Billboard is shifting its emphasis more to paid streams versus freemium models with ad-supported streams.

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