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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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Five on Friday: Micropayments, Sales Teams and Subscription Strategies

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In this weeks edition of Five on Friday, Forbes Agency Council outlines strategies to overcome ad blocking, Winnipeg Free Press uses micropayments as a top-of-the-funnel strategy, Harvard Business Review explores how sales teams are impacted when companies transition to subscription models, Associations Now discusses the benefits of monthly subscriptions, and Hubspot shares customer service secrets from beauty brand Glossier.

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Facebook Is Testing Subscriptions for Groups

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Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg announced major changes to Facebook, citing a desire to get back to the social media platform’s friends-and-family roots. Another major change may be coming our way soon – paying to belong to a Facebook group. According to a June 20 blog post, Facebook is testing an idea that would give group administrators the ability to charge subscription fees to support their work and help them invest in their online communities.

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Red Hat Reports Double-Digit Revenue Growth for Q1 FY 2019

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For the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) reports double-digit growth in a number of categories, including total revenue and subscription revenue. Total revenue for the quarter was $813.5 million. Representing 87.5 percent of total revenue, subscription revenue for Q1 FY 2019 was $711.5 million, a 19 percent increase year-over-year. This is broken down into infrastructure-related offerings at $522 million, a 14 percent increase year-over-year, and application development-related and other emerging technology offerings at $189 million, a 37 percent increase. Training and services revenue of $102.0 million makes up the remaining 12.5 of revenue.

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Eligible YouTube Creators Can Now Offer Channel Memberships

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Eligible YouTube creators have two new opportunities to monetize their work: channel memberships and merchandise sales. YouTube announced the news on its blog last Friday. With new channel memberships, viewers pay $4.99 a month to get special badges, new emojis, members-only posts in the Community tab and access to unique perks offered by creators which could include exclusive livestreams, extra videos, news, early access to ticket sales or even shout-outs. YouTube will get 30 percent of revenue, and creators will get 70 percent.

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Supreme Court Rules States Can Collect Internet Sales Tax

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Last week the U.S. Supreme Court found in favor of the state of South Dakota in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., overturning a 1992 Quill decision that required businesses to have a physical location in a jurisdiction for the state to collect sales tax. In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling because the 1992 case no longer applied in an era of ecommerce. This new ruling means state and local governments can require internet sellers to collect sales tax, even if they do not have a physical location. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said the Quill decision could be causing states to lose tax revenue of up to $33 billion annually.

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Weekly Subscription News: Purchases, Promises and PlayStation

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[IMGCAP(1)]Land Rover, PlayStation and the L.A. Times are among the companies capturing this week’s subscription headlines. Land Rover is testing a subscription service in the U.K., streaming may be the key to Xbox taking the lead over PlayStation, and the L.A. Times is back under local control as the deal between billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong and tronc comes to a close.

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AMC Theatres Launches VIP Subscription for Moviegoers

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On Wednesday, AMC Theatres, a long-time critic of movie subscription service MoviePass, announced the launch of its own subscription – AMC Stubs A-List, a new VIP tier of its loyalty program. Priced at $19.95 per month plus tax, the subscription will allow moviegoers to see up to three movies per week, including multiple movies per day and repeat visits to movies they’ve already seen. The subscription can be used at all AMC, AMC Dine-in and AMC Classic theatres in the U.S., and it is valid on premium showings including IMAX, Dolby Cinema, RealD 3D, Prime and BigD movies.

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Five on Friday: Circulation, Subscription Boxes and Seller Fees

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In this weeks edition of Five on Friday, Pew Research Center cites 2017 data in its latest report on the newspaper industry, TechCrunch reports that Facebook demands that advertisers have consent before they can target users via email or phone, Etsy is raising its seller fees, weve got an update on the state of the subscription box industry, and a cheat sheet on SEO and keywords from Marketo.

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Health News Site STAT Premiers Award-Winning Documentary Runnin’

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When health science news site STAT launched in November 2015, it probably didn’t anticipate getting into the film business, but it has. In May, STAT premiered Runnin’, an award-winning short film about a group of friends in Somerville, Massachusetts addicted to opioids. Some of those friends were featured in the film, but many of them – and members of their families – have died in a major health epidemic.

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Teleport Subscriptions Offer $105 Flights from LA and San Francisco

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Have you ever wanted to ‘teleport’ from one location to another? A new subscription service, Teleport, is hoping to do just that. Teleport subscribers get flat-fee flights between Los Angeles and San Francisco for just $105 each, regardless of the season or market price. With exclusive security lanes, Teleport promises advanced booking, no lines and no hassle. There are no flight change fees, cancellation fees or baggage fees.

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