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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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Millennial News Network Cheddar TV Raises $19 Million

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Last week Cheddar TV, a finance, tech, business and media news network for millennials, announced that it has raised $19 million in its third round of funding. Led by Raine Ventures, investors include AT&T, Amazon, Altice USA, the New York Stock Exchange and Broadway Video, along with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures and Ribbit Capital. This latest round of funding brings the grand total raised to $32.1 million, says Variety, and the company is currently valued at $85 million.

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Cisco Reports Net Income of $2.5 Billion in Q3 for Fiscal Year 2017

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Last week Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) reported its third quarter fiscal year 2017 financials for the period ended April 29, 2017. The company had $11.9 billion in revenue, a 1 percent decrease year over year. Recurring revenue represented 31 percent of the total, a 2 percent increase year over year. The company also reported GAAP net income of $2.5 billion, or GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.50. Other highlights for the third quarter of fiscal year 2017 include…

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Public Media Trade Outlet ‘Current’ Launches Metered Paywall

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Current, a nonprofit news organization for public media, is launching a metered paywall to cover its $1 million+ in annual operating costs. According to an announcement on the site, Current has four primary revenue streams: a generous grant from Wyncote Foundation, advertising revenue, donations and print subscriptions. Print subscriptions, however, have dwindled in recent years, and more and more readers are getting their news from online Current.org rather than the print publication.

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This Week’s Subscription News: Fitness, Fines and Facebook

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In this week’s subscription headlines, Conde Nast eyes commerce opportunities with branded subscription boxes, Netflix cancels support for millions of smartphones and tablets, and Facebook admits another faux pas – its 10th measurement mistake since September. Ugh. Also this week, Motley Fool offers an earnings preview for Cisco, Spotify partners with Capital One and Lionsgate is fined for its use of Jillian Michaels’ fitness videos.

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Apple Reports $52.9 Billion of Revenue for Q2 of Fiscal Year 2017

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With quarterly revenue of $52.9 billion, net income of $11.0 billion, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.10, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had a strong fiscal 2017 second quarter for the period ended April 1, 2017. For the same period last year, Apple reported $50.6 billion and earnings per diluted share of $1.90. Apple’s board of directors approved a 10.5 percent increase to its quarterly dividend, declaring a dividend of $0.63 per share, payable on May 18.

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Five on Friday: Tech Tools, Web Page Authority & Winning Infographics

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In this weeks Five on Friday, PR Daily shares seven digital tools perfect for streamlining social media marketing, Search Engine Land explains how Google calculates web page authority, Maximize Social Business offers the five essential elements for a winning infographic, PYMNTS.com interviews Recurly CEO Dan Burkhart on how recurring revenue is no longer a one-and-done proposition, and Hubspot offers advice on how sales reps can decide whether to call or email a new prospect.

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Tronc Puts in a Bid to Acquire the Chicago Sun-Times

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On Monday, Tronc (NASDAQ: TRNC), formerly Tribune Publishing, announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire the Chicago Sun-Times, a long-time rival of the Chicago Tribune, a Tronc-owned newspaper. The Sun-Times is owned by Wrapports Holdings, a privately-held company that owns a handful of media and digital outlets including The Sun-Times, Aggrego.com, The Chicago Reader, The Straight Dope and The Muse. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Pandora Grew to 4.71 Million Subscribers in Q1, a 20 Percent Increase

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Last week Pandora (NYSE: P) announced its first quarter financial results and operational highlights, including the launch of Pandora Premium, the company’s new on-demand subscription product. One of the biggest highlights of the quarter was subscription growth. Pandora said it now has 4.71 million subscribers, up from 3.93 million in the first quarter of 2016, representing a 20 percent increase. This included 1.3 million trial starts across subscription tiers since Premium was launched to select listeners in mid-March.

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Racepass Launches Subscription-Based Annual Pass for Runners

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Last week Racepass launched, a subscription-based annual pass for runners of distance races. Starting at $195 per year, the entry level Racepass covers the registration costs for any three races out of a list of more than 5,000 races worldwide. In addition to discounted registration to make running races more affordable, Racepass hopes to simplify the online registration process for races. Racepass covers fun runs, 5K, 10K, half marathons and full marathons.

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Subscription Management Platform Zuora to Acquire Leeyo Software

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Last week Zuora, Inc., a cloud-based subscription management platform, announced that it will acquire Leeyo Software Inc., a financial software and services company. As a result of the deal, Zuora will add Leeyo’s RevPro to its order-to-cash product portfolio. RevPro is a rules-based revenue recognition and forecasting solution that automates revenue processes to produce consistent and accurate revenue data. The cloud-based RevPro is ASC 606 and IFRS 15 compliant, new revenue reporting standards which go into effect in 2018 for public firms and 2019 for private firms

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