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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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Alarm.com Grows SaaS and License Revenue 39 Percent in Q4 2017

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Alarm.com is seeing growth in its SaaS and license revenue as that line of business becomes a larger part of total revenue. In fact, in its fourth quarter and full year 2017 financial report, Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALRM) reported SaaS and license revenue of $65.2 million, a 39 percent increase compared to Q4 2016 revenue of $46.9 million. Total revenue grew to $88.8 million, a 27 percent increase over $69.8 million for the same period last year.

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Five on Friday: SaaS, Sales Channels and Signups

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As you ponder springing forward this weekend to enjoy a little more daylight, check out this weeks Five on Friday. In this edition, TechRepublic offers five reasons for subscription companies to consider moving to SaaS, we examine Spotifys business model, The Economist looks for subscription growth, WWD explores why retailers should keep using subscription boxes as a sales channel, and PYMNTS shares ways for subscription merchants to simplify and streamline signup processes.

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Netflix Stock Jumps After Partnership with Europe’s Sky TV Announced

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Last week Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced a partnership with Sky TV, a European-based satellite TV subscription broadcaster. The first-of-its-kind deal caused Netflix stock to jump from $290.39 per share on March 1 to $321.16 yesterday. Just a month ago, Netflix stock was valued at $250.10 (February 8), making an increase of $71.06 in a month’s time.

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CarGurus Grows Subscription Revenue by 52 Percent to $80.8M in Q4 2017

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CarGurus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARG), an online automotive marketplace, reported a solid fourth quarter and full year 2017 results, including total revenue of $90.6 million, a 49 percent increase over the same period the prior year. CarGurus also reported subscription revenue of $80.8 million, a 52 percent increase over fourth quarter revenue of $53.2 million the prior year. Advertising and other revenue was $9.8 million, representing a 30 percent increase over the prior year’s total of $7.6 million.

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Sinemia Launches Discounted Movie Ticket Subscription Service in U.S.

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Sinemia is the latest player in the movie-ticket subscription business, launching in the U.S. after establishing a presence in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Turkey, reports Film Journal. Subscribers to the private movie club choose a two-tickets-per-month or three-tickets-per-month package to sign-up. They’ll receive a Sinemia card in the mail, and then use that card to buy theater tickets using the Sinemia app, including tickets to 2D, 3D and IMAX movies, through the app, online, at the box office or at a box office kiosk.

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Apple Reports Record Revenue and Earnings for Q1 FY 2018

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Last month Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported record revenue and earnings for its fiscal 2018 first quarter for the period ended December 30, 2017. The company posted quarterly revenue of $88.3 billion, a 13 percent increase year-over-year, an all-time record for the tech giant, and slightly than its previous guidance. International sales represented 65 percent of the company’s revenue for the quarter. Earnings per diluted share for the quarter were $3.89 per share, an increase of 16 percent, also a record for the company.

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Weekly Subscription News: Ad Placement, Publishers and Paywalls

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Are you missing the Olympic Games too? Then sink your teeth into these subscription headlines: the Wall Street Journal finally gets its paywall right, MindBody grows subscription revenue by 34 percent, and Volvo adds the V60 wagon to its car subscription service. Also this week, we’re reading about Amazon’s plans to sink $5 billion into video content this year, The New York Times CEO’s prediction that their print paper will cease in 10 years, Google’s automated ad placement for publishers with machine learning.

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Facebook Invests $3 Million in Local News Subscription Accelerator

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In January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was making big changes to its social media platform, prioritizing personal posts over business pages, essentially frustrating publishers who use Facebook as a tool for reaching potential subscribers. Facebook is trying to make up for that with a $3 million investment in a three-month pilot program it is calling the Local News Subscriptions Accelerator. Through this program, announced by Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships, on Wednesday, Facebook hopes to help metro newspapers in the U.S. grow their subscriber base.

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Five on Friday: Digital News, Monetizing Social and Crumbling Cookies

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In this weeks Five on Friday, the American Press Institute reports that digital news prices are on the rise, Media Post ponders whether the cookie will crumble when GDPR goes into effect in Europe in May, Business2Community shares tips for improving SaaS sales conversion rates, Tronc announces a national digital strategy, and Folio Magazine discusses why it believes monetizing social media is still a pay-to-play proposition that publishers need to leverage to succeed.

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Pandora Grows Subscription Revenue 63.2 Percent in Q4 2017

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Last week internet radio platform Pandora (NYSE: P) reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2017 financials. While there were many positive highlights to report, including a 63 percent increase in subscription revenue, the company posted a GAAP net loss of $44.7 million, or ($0.21) per share. Though a big hit to Pandora, this was a big improvement over the $90.0 million net loss, or ($0.38) per share, the company reported for the fourth quarter of 2016. Pandora reported adjusted EBITDA of $5.8 million, compared to a loss of $30.4 million in the same period the prior year.

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