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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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REVRY Launches First Dedicated LGBTQ Streaming Video Platform

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REVRY has launched the first dedicated LGBTQ streaming video platform, featuring ‘Queenrated’ movies, TV, digital series, music videos, podcasts and music. The niche-based SVOD subscription service is curated by and for the LGBTQ and allied communities. It features original and exclusive programming and is available for $4.99 a month, or $54.99 a year. REVRY joins an already-crowded OTT marketplace, but we expect it to succeed.

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Wall Street Journal Tests 24-Hour Guest Pass with Non-Subscribers

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Two weeks ago the Wall Street Journal began experimenting with its hard paywall, offering 24-hour guests passes to non-subscribers who accessed a WSJ article through a link from a WSJ journalist, a WSJ subscriber or via social media. When accessing an article, a guest pass offer pops up and non-subscribers are asked to provide an email address in exchange for access to content for the next 24 hours. It is expected that this experiment will lead to others to help WSJ get in front of more casual readers and making its content more discoverable without committing its prized content to Facebook Instant Articles or Facebook Live.

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Upstream Launches Subscription Gaming Platform GAMEDOM

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Upstream, a software and infrastructure platform for mobile, has partnered with GamePix to offer GAMEDOM, a browser-based gaming portal that gives consumers access to more than 100 top mobile games with one subscription. GAMEDOM offers a variety of advantages over games purchased in a traditional app store including an ad-free experience, 100+ games for one low cost weekly subscription, family-friendly games and more.

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This Week’s Subscription Headlines: Ad Blockers, SaaS, Streaming Games & More

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Here are some of our favorite subscription headlines of the week, covering everything from Facebook chatbots sending subscription-based messages and Microsoft entering the live streaming game space to Pandora’s need to look beyond music and the inevitable paywall coming to Vermont newspapers. Here’s what you need to know about the subscription business now.

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Thomson Reuters Reports Revenue Dip, Some Subscription Growth in Q2

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Thomson Reuters has reported its second quarter results for 2016 which include an overall revenue dip of 1 percent, and 4 percent revenue growth in subscriptions in the Legal category. Despite volatile foreign currency markets and an ever-changing media marketplace, Thomson Reuters is holding its own, remaining relatively flat and reaffirming its position for the remainder of the year.

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Shopify Subscription Revenue Jumps 72 Percent to $43.7 Million in Q2

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Ecommerce platform Shopify reports double and triple digit gains in revenue and sales volume, but also a net loss of $8.4 million. Serving small and medium-sized businesses, this 10-year year old company continues to grow, now serving more than 300,000 merchants in 150 countries and with sales totally $20 billion. Can this company sustain itself if it continues to report hefty losses?

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MINDBODY Posts Double Digit Increases for Subscription Revenue in Q2

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MINDBODY, the leading provider of online business management software for the wellness services industry, posted double digit increases for the second quarter of 2016, growing revenue to $33.6 million, a 36 percent increase year-over-year. The company also saw double digit increases in subscription and payments revenues, but still had a net loss for the quarter. What’s next for MINDBODY?

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Pandora Looks Beyond Music for Subscription Success & Sustainability

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As Pandora struggles with profitability, the internet radio station is looking beyond music for long-term subscription success and sustainability. Pandora has added non-music audio content to its offering, including This American Life and Serial podcasts, that have drawn about 10 million listeners to date. Will it be enough to turn Pandora’s losses into profits?

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This week’s headlines: Subscription Launches, Layoffs, Losses and More

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On the heels of second quarter financials, many subscription companies are also reporting what’s next for them. Time Inc., for example, is laying off staff, amidst a big reorganization, Vessel is poised to go under, Birchbox is raising money, and AOL Advertising takes a good, hard look at monetizing in a modern era led largely by mobile and video.

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Walmart Buys Jet.com for $3 Billion, Expanding Its E-commerce Empire

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The world’s largest retailer Walmart will buy Jet.com, a two-year-old online retailer, for $3 billion in cash. Once complete, the acquisition will be the largest e-commerce acquisition in history. The sale will help Walmart beef up its resources to compete against Amazon, while also saving Jet.com from an uncertain and costly future.

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