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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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Dating App Bumble Launches Bumble Bizz for Networking & Mentoring

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The business world is abuzz with news that Bumble, a female-first friendship and dating app, has launched Bumble Bizz, an app that puts a new face on professional networking and mentoring, empowering women to make the first move in business. The new service launched Monday for iOS in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, and an Android version is coming soon. ‘Bumble Bizz has arrived! Switching to Bizz mode gives you the ability to change your professional life from the palm of your hand. Every swipe is an opportunity to expand your network and make empowering career moves,’ said the announcement.

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Ring Launches DIY Home Security System ‘Protect’ for $10 a Month

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Ring is reimagining home security and making it affordable for people to protect their homes with their new subscription service, Protect. The company announced the launch of Protect Sunday. Protect is a do-it-yourself home security system that works in conjunction with Ring’s video doorbells and security cameras. The system is customizable and can be expanded to fit any home or apartment. Priced at $10 a month, or $100 a year, Ring Protect does not have hidden fees or long-term contracts.

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LiveXLive to Acquire Slacker Radio for $50 Million

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LiveXLive Media, Inc. (OTC: LIVX), a streaming music network for live music and video, announced in mid-September that it would acquire Slacker Radio, a streaming music and personalized subscription service for $50 million. The acquisition is the first action by newly-named president, Andy Schuon, a media and entertainment executive. As president, Schuon will oversee all divisions of the company, including LiveXLive, Wantickets, LiveXLive Influencers, and Slacker Radio and Snap Interactive, once the acquisitions are complete.

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Vimeo Launches Vimeo Live and Agrees to Acquire Livestream

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What’s better than livestreaming? Two livestreaming tools and platforms, apparently. Last week video platform Vimeo announced the launch of Vimeo Live, a new group of membership plans for creators that offers high-quality, professional livestreaming capabilities. At the same time, Vimeo announced that it plans to acquire Livestream, a live video platform that powers more than 10 million events annually.

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This Week’s Subscription News: CBS All Access, Amazon and Analytics

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In this week’s subscription news, CBS All Access achieves record high sign-ups with the launch of ‘Star Trek: Discovery,’ the Los Angeles Times boasts more than 100,000 digital subscriptions, and HTC will give Vive developers 100 percent of revenue through year end. Also this week, Washington Post is offering white label native apps through Arc Publishing, Amazon might be taking on the drug supply chain, and YouTube is reworking its reports to help creators better understand subscriber behavior.

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Five on Friday: Newspapers, Native Content and New Funding

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In this weeks Five on Friday, IAB UK warns publishers and advertisers that native content works, but you must disclose the nature and origin of the content, and the Columbia Journalism Review tells us that free content is still king for newspaper websites. Also this week, the streaming music industry is growing with more than 30 million paying subscribers, GoCardless raises $22.5 million in new funding, and LinkedIn shares top subscription jobs from big name companies.

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Time, Inc. Considers Selling Assets as Part of $400 Million Cost Cutting

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Time Inc.’s self-imposed strategic transformation has begun as it considers selling assets, including some of its magazines and its U.K. division, to cut costs and streamline operations, reports Media Post. This news isn’t surprising though. Time Inc., the publisher of Time, People, Life, Cooking Light and Sports Illustrated, has been struggling for some time. This spring, after exploring its options, the publisher publicly stated it was not for sale and would pursue its own strategic vision instead. In June, Time Inc. cut 300 jobs as part of the restructuring, blaming ‘public speculation’ for revenue declines.

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Red Hat Reports Total Revenue of $723 Million for Q2 FY2018

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On Monday, open source technology provider Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) announced its second quarter fiscal year 2018 financials for the period ended August 31, 2017. Among the highlights for the quarter are sizable increases in subscription revenue and results that exceeded expectations. For Q2 FY2018, Red Had Reported total revenue of $723 million, a 21 percent increase over the same period last year. This included subscription revenue of $638 million, a 20 percent increase year-over-year, broken down into application development-related and other emerging technology revenue of $150 million, a 44 percent increase year-over-year, and infrastructure-related revenue of $487 million, a 14 percent increase. Subscription revenue now makes up 88 percent of total revenue for Red Hat.

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Volvo Launches ‘Care by Volvo,’ a New Car Subscription Service

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Volvo is the latest car manufacturer to try the subscription model on for size with its new Care by Volvo subscription service. Volvo will test the service with its new XC40 model, a compact crossover SUV, said the company in a September 21 announcement. According to the company, Care by Volvo will make ‘having a car as transparent, easy and hassle free as having a phone.’ After ordering their car online, subscribers will pay a flat monthly fee that includes maintenance and insurance costs.

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Slack Raises $250 Million in New Funding, Now Valued at $5.1 Billion

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Slack, a workplace collaboration and messaging platform for teams, has completed a $250 million funding round, led by SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund along with Accel and other investors, reports Bloomberg. According to Bloomberg, Slack will use the new funding for ‘operational flexibility,’ though the company still has plenty of the original $591 million raised in the bank. This level of backing makes Slack more attractive to companies considering Slack as a workplace tool.

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