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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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Sinemia Lowers Prices in Tiered Movie Subscription Plans

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Two months after making its debut in the U.S., private movie club Sinemia has lowered the cost of its tiered movie subscription plans, making it a formidable competitor to MoviePass. Calling the discounted monthly movie ticket plans its ‘biggest sale ever,’ Sinemia offers 2D and 3D tickets to movies in participating theaters, including IMAX, 4DX, SD, ScreenX and DBox movies, as well as private screenings and movies with reserved seating. The new pricing is available to subscribers in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.

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New York Times Sees Growth in Digital Subscriptions in Q1

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Digital subscriptions are proving to be a successful source of revenue for The New York Times (NYSE: NYT), according to the company’s latest financial report. During the first quarter, The Times added 139,000 digital-only subscribers, a 25.5 percent increase from the same period last year. The total of new digital-only subscribers includes about 99,000 from the company’s news products with the remaining 40,000 subscribers from their Cooking and Crossword apps. The New York Times now has about 2,783,000 digital-only subscribers.

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Facebook Considers Ad-Free Subscription to Attract New Users

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Not content with $12.0 billion in quarterly revenue, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is considering an ad-free subscription option, a new potential revenue source for the social media giant. According to Bloomberg, Facebook is doing market research to determine if an ad-free option would help Facebook attract more new users. This is not the first time Facebook has considered a subscription, but the company would not comment on recent discussions revealed by undisclosed sources.

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Weekly Subscription News: Reports, Revenues and The Race Club

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In this week’s subscription headlines, several big-name subscription companies report their quarterly financials, including McClatchy, Citrix and Time Warner. In other news, DocuSign and Smartsheet have strong IPOs, Stripe launches a new billing feature to support subscriptions for small businesses selling products and services, and The Young Turks launches a mobile app to grow its subscription business.

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Five on Friday: Free Trials, Ad Blocking and Billboards

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Weve got another feature-packed Five on Friday for you. In this weeks edition, PYMNTS explains how free trials help subscription companies turn tryers into buyers, Adblock Plus celebrates a Germany court ruling, Inc. explores why Netflix wants to buy a billboard company, INMA offers insight into how the news media is shifting its subscription strategy by leveraging customer emotions, and Amy Porterfield shares the six principles of GDPR which goes into effect May 25. May the 4th be with you!

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FICO Reports Total Revenue of $258 Million for Q2 FY18

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Last week FICO (NYSE: FICO) reported solid financials for their second fiscal quarter of 2018 ended March 31, 2018. Among the company’s highlights for the quarter are total revenue of $258 million, compared to $228 million for the same period last year, and net income of $32.3 million, or $1.03 per share, compared to $25.1 million, or $0.78 per share, for the second fiscal quarter of 2017. Revenue increased in the company’s Applications and Scores segments, but decreased in its Decision Management Software segment.

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Square to Acquire Weebly for $365 Million

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Last week a mobile payment processor Square (NYSE: SQ) announced it would acquire Weebly, a technology company that helps customers build websites and online stores, for approximately $365 million in cash and stock. Together the companies will provide businesses and entrepreneurs with a full suite of services and omnichannel solutions to help them engage customers, manage orders, process payments, handle returns and exchanges, grow sales, analyze data and more.

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Microsoft Reports Total Revenue of $26.8 Billion for FY18 Q3

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Last week technology giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported its third quarter fiscal year 2018 financials for the period ended March 31, 2018, posting double-digital revenue growth in most categories. Among the notable highlights were total revenue of $26.8 billion, a 16 percent increase year-over-year, operating income of $8.3 billion, a 23 percent increase and net income of $7.4 billion, a 35 percent increase, or $0.95 diluted earnings per share, a 36 percent increase.

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MoviePass Changes Its Subscription Offer…Again

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With just over 2 million subscribers, MoviePass has changed its subscription offer…again. New subscribers can sign up for $9.95 a month, but they will only be able to see a movie a week, or four 2D movies a month, instead of the movie-a-day plan previously offered. This news comes two weeks after announcing a special subscription promotion with iHeartRadio, limiting new subscribers to four movies per month. It is not clear how this change impacts current subscribers.

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Amazon Posts Net Sales of $51 Billion, Raises Prime Price to $119

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Apparently not everyone is enthralled with Amazon’s latest financial report. ‘Amazon has the nerve to hike Prime to $119 on the same day it announces massive $1.6 billion profits,’ read the headline of an Inc. article last week. On Thursday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported impressive first quarter financials, including net sales of $51.0 billion, an increase of 43 percent year-over-year. The company also reported net income of $1.6 billion, or $3.27 per diluted share, compared to net income of $724 million, or $1.48 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2017.

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