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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: E-commerce, Email Tips and Facebook Ads

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Before you slip out of the office for the weekend though, take 5 or 10 minutes to review this weeks Five on Friday. This week were featuring Facebook and Instagram ad advice from Business2Community, recommendations from The Next Web on keeping your e-commerce site safe from hackers, marketing tips from Salesforce on engaging email subscribers, ways to keep calm in the face of stress from Ladders, and news about Walmarts latest restructuring.

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The Atlantic Launches ‘Masthead,’ a $100 a Year Premium Membership

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Known for its unique, high quality content, The Atlantic is trying something new. In addition to its print and digital subscription offerings which range in price from $24.50 to $34.50 per year, the 160-year-old magazine just launched The Masthead, a $100-a-year premium membership that will provide exclusive content to subscribers. According to The Masthead’s landing page, subscribers will get exclusive content not available elsewhere and they can help ‘fund the future of sustainable journalism.’

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Streaming Device Company Roku Files for an IPO of $100 Million

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On September 1, streaming device company Roku filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to $100 million with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Roku intends to be listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ROKU. In its SEC Form S-1, Roku said it pioneered streaming to TV, connecting users with streaming content on-demand from services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. The company currently earns revenue from the sale of its streaming players and platform revenue from advertising and subscription revenue share.

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Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America with up to 50,000 Employees

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Just when you thought Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) couldn’t get any bigger, it does. On Thursday, Amazon announced that it plans to build a second company headquarters, Amazon HQ2, in North America, and it will spend more than $5 billion in construction and operation costs. This will serve as a complementary, but fully operational headquarters, to Amazon’s downtown Seattle headquarters. Amazon said it expects to create as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs as well as invest tens of billions of dollars in the community surrounding Amazon HQ2. Amazon currently employs more than 380,000 people worldwide.

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Equifax Discloses Data Breach That Could Affect 143 Million Americans

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On Thursday, Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX), one of the three major credit reporting agencies, disclosed that they experienced a massive data breach between mid-May through July 2017 that could affect as many as 143 million U.S. consumers. In a statement, the company said it had no evidence of unauthorized activity on its core consumer or commercial credit reporting databases. The information accessed illegally includes names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and, in some cases, driver’s license numbers. The FTC reports that 209,000 people had their credit card numbers stolen and dispute documents with personally identifying information from 182,000 people. Some consumers in Canada and the U.K. also had their personal information stolen.

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This Week’s Subscription News: Apple, Amazon, Accenture and Al Jazeera

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In this week’s subscription news round-up, Conde Nast employees are anticipating ‘heavy’ cuts to editorial and business teams as the company’s restructuring continues, and News UK gets creative to find funding sources, inviting six companies to its incubator program to help identify revenue streams. Also this week, we’re reading about DirecTV getting hit with a $15 million bill due to some questionable tax reporting, Facebook trying to monetize its WhatsApp messaging app, and Apple biting into market share with its Accenture deal. We’ve got those headlines and more to kick off your weekend.

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Match Group Posts Strong Q2 Results, Driven by Growth from Tinder

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Last month Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), which owns a portfolio of 45 brands including Match.com, Tinder, PlentyofFish and other dating sites, posted strong second quarter financials for 2017. The company reported revenue of $310 million, a 12 percent increase over the same period last year, driven by 15 percent growth in average paid member count (PMC) to 6.1 million. In its earnings announcement, Match Group reported that average PMC at Tinder exceeded 2 million for the first time, representing an 86 percent increase over the same period last year. This is due, in part, to the launch of Tinder Gold, a members-only premium subscription Tinder started testing this summer.

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Five on Friday: SEO Influencers, SaaS Conversions and Social Sharing

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As high winds blow, floods rage and wildfires burn across the country, were here to distract you with some helpful advice on growing your subscription company. In this weeks Five on Friday, Business2Community shares three ways SaaS companies can increase conversions, Jon Reed for Diginomica explains why social media sharing is not an adequate content distribution strategy, Small Business Trends offers 30 alternatives to PayPal, Fierce Retail gives B2B companies lessons to learn from B2C subscription companies, and Search Engine Watch recommends top SEO influencers and resources to follow.

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Workday Posts Subscription Revenue of $434.5 M, a 42 Percent Increase

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Last week Workday, Inc. (NYSE: WDAY), an enterprise cloud application provider for the finance and human resource sectors, reported its quarterly financials for the fiscal second quarter ended July 31, 2017. The company reported total revenue of $525.3 million, representing a 40.6 percent increase over the same period last year. Subscription revenue was $434.5 million, a 42 percent increase year-over-year. Total revenues were higher than an analyst’s revenue estimate of $506.8 million, reported by Benzinga. Subscription revenue also exceeded the analyst’s estimate of $421.8 million.

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Tronc Buys New York Daily News

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Yesterday Tronc Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNC), formerly The Tribune Company, announced its purchase of Daily News, L.P., the owner of the New York Daily News and its news site NYDailyNews.com. With this purchase, Tronc adds another major media market to its list of well-known newsrooms that includes the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant and the San Diego Union-Tribune. As part of the deal, Tronc now also owns 100 percent of the New York Daily News’ printing facility in New Jersey and 49.9 percent interest in a joint venture that will own the 25-acre parcel on which the facility sits and that overlooks the skyline of Manhattan. The sales price was not disclosed.

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