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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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Pennsylvania Expands 6 Percent Sales and Use Tax to Digital Products

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Pennsylvania is the latest government entity to impose a so-called “Netflix tax” on its citizens, reports Penn Record. Brought forth by the state legislature, the new 6 percent digital product tax will cover over-the-top TV services like Netflix, Hulu and Sling TV. It was part of a new revenue package passed on August 1. Newspapers and magazines delivered by digital or electronic means are exempt.

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Condé Nast to Cease Print Edition of Self Magazine

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Another print magazine bites the dust. Last week Condé Nast announced that it would shut down the print edition of Self magazine after the February 2017 issue. Executive digital director Carolyn Kylstra has been named the editor-in-chief, replacing Joyce Chang who joined Self in 2014. Chang will be among approximately 20 job cuts, reports WWD.

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This Week’s Subscription News Headlines: Billing, Bucking and Blocking

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In this week’s subscription news, Variety explains why SiriusXM stands out in the subscription content space, PaymentsSource says that good subscription billing is not a ‘weekend undertaking,’ and the Wall Street Journal speculates that ad blocking rates could be dropping in Germany. In addition, we’ve got tips for subscription economy success, recurring payments for SaaS firms and rising subscriptions for the New York Times following Donald Trump’s election.

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Messaging App Telegram Launches Publishing Platform Telegraph

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In November, cloud-based messaging app Telegram launched Telegraph, a public publishing platform accessible to anyone with access to the internet, reports Venture Beat. This new tool will compete with similar services like Medium, but may also create competition for Facebook who owns WhatsApp and Messenger as well as Instant Articles, an online publishing platform designed for quick load time. Telegram is subscription free, but how will they monetize Telegraph – ads, subscriptions or another revenue source?

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Chicago Area Restaurant Portillo’s Launches Yearly Food Subscription

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Tis the season to think about food and gifts. That’s what Chicagoland staple Portillo’s was thinking when it launched Portillo’s 365 on Tuesday, just days after Thanksgiving. Portillo’s 365 sends Portillo’s famous Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, ribs and famous chocolate cake to home or business subscribers around the country every other month for a year for $365 annually, including two-day shipping.

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Bloomberg is Planning Big Changes to Businessweek

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Earlier this month, Bloomberg News editor-in-chief John Micklethwait and Bloomberg Media Group CEO Justin Smith sent a memo to staff advising them of “deep change” coming to the magazine, reports Folio. Some of the changes include a relaunch of the magazine to occur in the second quarter of 2017 and a reorganization and possible consolidation of staff. The relaunch will be led by Megan Murphy, the new editor-in-chief at Bloomberg Businessweek. Will this relaunch finally be the major overhaul Businessweek needs to succeed?

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Hyundai to Make Ioniq Electric Car Available Via Subscription in 2017

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At the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show earlier this month, Hyundai Motor America announced it would make its Ioniq Unlimited electric car available via subscription, giving drivers a new kind of ownership experience. With the Ioniq Electric, drivers can pay one monthly subscription price that includes unlimited mileage, electric charging costs, maintenance, repairs, wear-and-tear items, and purchase fees like registration.

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Comcast to Add Competitor Sling TV to its X1 Set-Top Boxes

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This summer Comcast signed a deal with rival Netflix, a streaming video on demand provider service that competes directly with cable TV, to include Netflix on the company’s new X1 set-top boxes. In another awkward coupling, Comcast has made a similar deal with Sling TV, a subsidiary of satellite TV provider Dish Network, to make the cloud-based service available on X1 boxes. The partnership will bring 425 new channels to a growing multicultural audience.

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This Week’s Subscription News Headlines: Fake News, Facebook and Free Press

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In this week’s subscription news, journalists call on Facebook to weed out fake news and champion accurate news, Financial Times explores acquisitions to grow its digital subscriber base, and Hyundai builds an electric car that will run on electricity and the subscription model. Also, the Detroit Free Press is looking to cut back its staff, Facebook updates its metrics reporting after finding more calculation errors, and Amazon is gunning for Netflix with its global launch.

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Spoon U and Chef’d Partner to Create College Meal Kit Subscriptions

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That’s the slogan on the Chef’d website announcing its partnership with Spoon University to make meal planning and healthy eating easier for Millennials. Launching early next year, the meal kit subscriptions are available for an introductory price of $99 a week, and they include a range of pre-portioned fresh ingredient meals, fruit, snacks, grab-n-go items and beverages, each curated by Spoon University and fulfilled by Chef’d.

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