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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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This Week’s Subscription News: Coca-Cola, Guardian and Game of Thrones

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In this week’s subscription news, Vice lays off 60 staffers, Snopes gets desperate, begging for reader donations, and Coca-Cola gets in on the meal kit craze by partnering with Chef’d. Also this week, Recurly integrates its platform with Xero to sync billing, Guardian pats itself on the back for new memberships, and the Boston Sports Journal launches with a subscription-based platform. We’ve got all those subscription headlines and more to kick off your summer weekend.

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LinkedIn Launches ‘LinkedIn Lite’ Mobile App for Android in India

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Professional social media network LinkedIn has launched LinkedIn Lite, a newer, faster mobile app for Android, in India to accommodate users where data networks tend be slower and less reliable, reports TechCrunch. Users in India don’t have to opt-in to use the new app. They will automatically see the mobile web lite version as soon as it is available. The Android app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.Unfortunately, however, LinkedIn Lite does not contain premium features for subscribers including background images, premium insights in the job details page, search filters, InMail messages or LinkedIn Learning, says LinkedIn. Users can access the regular LinkedIn mobile app to use premium features.

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Five on Friday: Project Management, Subscription Success and Top Jobs

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In this weeks Five on Friday, well tell you more about LinkedIns new notifications tab and how it will help you streamline your use of the professional platform, Recurlys Dan Burkhart shares subscription success secrets with PYMNTS, a study by Pulp Strategy reveals that Twitter is the top non-traditional B2B marketing channel, we offer 8 (out of 48) project management tips from the Successful Project Managers blog, and LinkedIn publishes five top subscription jobs from well-known companies including Pandora, Microsoft and Tableau Software.

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Vistaprint Launches Promobox, Customized Promo Products for Businesses

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Online printing and promo company Vistaprint has launched its own subscription box for small businesses – Promobox, a monthly box of customized products with your company logo on them. For $24.99 a month, businesses will get a selection of three to five products custom designed for them, including postcards, embroidered polo shirts, tote bags, mugs, pens, rack cards, smartphone cases, t-shirts, note cards, banners, flyers, pre-inked stamps, window decals and more.

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Luma Launches Luma Guardian, a Subscription-Based WiFi Router Service

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Last week Luma, maker of mesh home WiFi systems, launched Luma Guardian, a subscription-based service that manages home network privacy, security, performance and support. Developed in partnership with Webroot, Luma touts the new service as “the world’s first personal IT team.” With a 30-day free trial, Luma Guardian is available for $5 a month for the first year through the free Luma app in the App Store or Google Play. Luma has not said what costs after the first year will be.

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Spotify Gets Hit with Two Copyright Lawsuits That Could Top $365M

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On July 18, streaming music service Spotify got hit with two more copyright lawsuits, filed in Tennessee Middle District Court in Nashville, by two independent publishers, says The Tennessean. According to The Tennessean, the lawsuits allege that Spotify failed to obtain the necessary licenses for thousands of songs and has, therefore, been illegally streaming them to its listeners. The lawsuits are asking for the maximum allowed of $150,000 for each unlicensed work which would be in the $365 million range if Spotify is determined to have violated copyright law.

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Report: State of the Newspaper Industry

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Last month Pew Research Center issued its annual newspaper fact sheet, outlining the state of newspapers in the U.S. In this report, well share their results as well as examples and other research that support the overall trends. As the saying goes, we have good news and bad news. Circulation is down overall, as is advertising revenue and newsroom staff counts, but circulation revenue is up and digital readership and revenue are increasing. Lets dive a little deeper into the numbers.

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Microsoft Reports $6.5 Billion in Net Income for FY 2017 Q4

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Last Thursday Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced its fourth quarter results for its fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, including total revenue of $23.3 billion, operating income of $5.3 billion, net income of $6.5 billion and diluted earnings per share of $0.83. All figures reported are GAAP. The company credits its growing cloud business for its strong fourth quarter results, citing a commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate (ARR) in excess of $18.9 billion. The company’s goal is to achieve a commercial cloud ARR of $20 billion in fiscal 2018.

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This Week’s Subscription News: Politico, PayPal and Publishing

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In this week’s subscription headlines, WWE is considering overseas opportunities to grow its revenue, Dungeons & Dragons goes digital, and Boston Globe’s CEO of seven months has stepped down, effective immediately. Also this week, Google’s new product could pose a threat to LinkedIn, creators who lost revenue during the so-called ‘Adpocalypse’ are fighting back with a class action lawsuit, and Apple adds PayPal support for purchases made through iTunes and the App Store.

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eBay and Shopify Announce New Partnership, Integrating Platforms

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Last week eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP, TSX: SHOP) announced a new partnership, creating a new sales channel to expand merchant reach. In the fall of 2017, Shopify merchants will be able to list and sell their products on eBay directly from their Shopify accounts, giving them access to more than 169 million active eBay buyers. eBay also benefits with its shoppers getting additional products from Shopify merchants. The platform will first be available to merchants selling in the United States with the U.S. dollar as their currency.

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