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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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Wevr Launches Premium Subscription Service for Virtual Reality Content

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Virtual reality startup Wevr is adding a new service to its Transport app – premium subscriptions. Transport is an independent, curated virtual reality (VR) network where VR creatives and producers can share their content, build an audience and create a community of like-minded users. The Transport app has a free version, but it is now launching an annual premium subscription. The Mobile (360 video only) subscription is $8 a year, and the PC & Mobile (360 video and room scale) subscription is $20 a year.

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A Profitable and Growing Washington Post Doubles Digital Subscriptions

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In a memo sent to Washington Post staff last week, publisher Fred Ryan announced to employees that the Post would finish the year as “a profitable and growing company,” reports Poynter. He credited the entire team with the company’s success, including the journalism team for editorial content, the sales team for monetizing the new outlets’ products and optimizing new opportunities, and the engineering team for creating new products and launching Arc Publishing, a tool for digital publishers.

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Microsoft and LinkedIn Seal the Deal after Receiving EU Approval

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The European Union gave its blessing to Microsoft, allowing the $26.2 billion acquisition to close after six months of regulatory review. The deal was finally sealed last Thursday, joining the world’s leading professional network and the cloud and software giant. In a blog post on LinkedIn, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke about the acquisition and the companies’ plans for moving forward as one.

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Lee Enterprises Reports Fiscal Year End Earnings of $36 Million

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This weekend Lee Enterprises (NYSE: Lee) reported its quarterly and fiscal year financials for the period ended September 25, 2016. Lee, which provides news, information and advertising in 50 U.S. markets in 22 states, posted quarterly earnings of $0.7 million, or $0.01 per diluted common share. Earnings for the same period last year totaled $10.1 million, or $0.18 per diluted common share. For the fiscal year, Lee earnings were $36.0 million, or $0.64 per diluted common share, compared to $24.3 million, or $0.43 per diluted common share, for the prior year.

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SereneBook, a Subscription-Based Wellness Service, Launches in January

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A new kind of subscription service is launching next month in New York and Los Angeles – SereneBook, a wellness-based service that helps users transform their health, mind, body and spirit. For $150 a month, subscribers book three in-person or virtual sessions monthly with established wellness alternative healers and holistic practitioners using the SereneBook platform, says Vogue.

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This Week’s Subscription News Headlines: Microsoft, Media and Models

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In this week’s subscription news, Microsoft looks like it will win the needed approval from EU to seal the LinkedIn deal, iHeart Radio launches a streaming music subscription, powered by Napster, and Adblock Plus wins its sixth court battle against Der Spiegel. Also, this week, Biz Report tells us how to determine what should go in a subscription box, Retail Wire asks if digital advertising could be replaced by the subscription model, and CJR talks about subscription surges and record audiences since Donald Trump was elected president.

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YouTube News: CBS, $1B Payout to Music Industry and Video Views

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If you believe the adage “there is no such thing as bad publicity,” YouTube is in luck. It is has had a busy few weeks with both positive and negative news reports. Among the news stories are CBS signing on to join ‘Unplugged,’ YouTube’s pending over-the-top TV service; YouTube’s supposed payout of $1 billion to the music industry; and big decreases in video views for some of YouTube’s top content creators.

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Amazon Adds HBO and Cinemax Now Channels for Amazon Prime Members

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Last Thursday Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) added two more premium channels – HBO and Cinemax – to Amazon Channels, bringing the total number of video subscriptions to over 80 available to Amazon Prime members. For $14.99 a month, Prime members can subscribe to HBO. For $9.99 a month, they can subscribe to Cinemax. These new additions to Amazon’s channel line-up make one-stop OTT shopping easier for cord cutting consumers, while creating recurring revenue for subscription companies.

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The (Tulsa) Frontier Drops Its Paywall, Transitions to a Nonprofit

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Last week The (Tulsa) Frontier dropped its paywall, after its first year in business. Starting December 1, readers will no longer have to pay for a monthly membership. They are also transitioning from a for-profit model to a nonprofit one. “After our first full year at The Frontier, we’re proud of the success we’ve achieved and the impact we’ve had on our community. We’re also humbled by the support from you, the members, and the general public,” said the editorial team in an announcement.

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7 Lessons from Publishers Who’ve Diversified Their Revenue Streams

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This year was a year of innovation for newspaper and magazine publishers as they try to successfully bridge the divide between declining print sales and ad revenue and the digital publishing landscape. While print is still important to many publishers, its role is declining and publishers are branching out to new platforms to try new products and services. What can we learn from these publishers as they experiment with new opportunities?

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