Yesterday Netflix reported its second quarter financials for 2016, and it wasn’t pretty. Though Netflix grew its subscriber base by 1.7 million new members, this fell short of the forecast 2.5 million new members. Investors expressed their displeasure, causing Netflix stock to drop 13 percent. Can Netflix reverse the churn?
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Pokémon GO, the most popular mobile game in U.S. history, and others are trying to capitalize on its success, including a company with an email subscription scam. According to media reports, the scammer is trying to convince players that they must subscriber to Pokémon GO for $12.99 a month within 24 hours to avoid getting locked out of the game. How should Nintendo and Niantic, the app’s developer, respond?
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At last week’s Sun Valley tech conference, YouTube offered vague details of its upcoming over-the-top TV service, a subscription product called Unplugged which is due to launch in six to nine months. At first blush, it doesn’t sound like YouTube’s new paid subscription service will offer anything unique, so there isn’t much to get excited about…yet.
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This week’s subscription news headlines include online video surges, automation, ad blockers, subscription box marketplaces, big banks, executive metrics that matter and mobile payments along with news from Amazon-owned Audible, Barracuda, Stand’s Fair Ad Blocker and News Corp.
This Week’s Headlines: Audible, Automation, Ad Blockers and More Read More »
Last week Google acquired video software start-up Anvato. Under the deal, Anvato will join Google’s Cloud Platform team, allowing them to provide high quality, live and on-demand video to customers. This opens up new opportunities for subscription companies to expand their capabilities.Anvato works with hundreds of customers, helping them to manage video. Their customers include NBCUniversity, FOX Sports, CBS Local Media, Telemundo, Media General and more. The Anvato team will work with Google’s Cloud Platform team, complementing Google’s efforts to enable media processing and workflows in the cloud.
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The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ) has tried a host of revenue sources to fund its operations to do quality reporting on social justice issues and innovation in the greater Boston area. Its latest experiment is offering monthly memberships on Medium, a publishing platform that added a suite of monetization tools to its arsenal earlier this year.
BINJ Celebrates Year Two with New Revenue Source on Medium Read More »
We’ve got the latest subscription news on The Sun, Angie’s List, Gannett Co., Time, Inc. and Microsoft including abandoned paywalls, new acquisitions, a reorganization on the horizon, business model changes and more. We’ve got those headlines and more to keep you up-to-date on the latest subscription news.
The Sun’s Reader Stats, Angie’s List Paywall Down, Time Reorg and More Read More »
Netflix and Comcast are the latest contestants on “Let’s Make a Deal,” signing an agreement that would put Netflix’s streaming video subscription service on Comcast’s X1 set-top boxes later this year. The deal is ironic, because the two companies have been at odds for years, with Netflix accusing Comcast of not adhering to net neutrality guidelines.
Comcast Signs Deal to Include Netflix on X1 Set-Top Boxes Read More »
If you’ve ever received a lipstick, snack, aftershave sample or dog toy in your monthly subscription box that you couldn’t use, you’ll be glad to hear you are no longer stuck with those items. Last week Find Subscription Boxes (FSB) announced the launch of The Aftermarket at Find Subscription Boxes where you can turn those items into cash.
Find Subscription Boxes Launches Marketplace to Sell Unwanted Items Read More »
In this week’s subscription news headlines, Adblock Plus suffers a blow in German courts, Tribune’s tronc moves to NASDAQ, and why the LinkedIn acquisition by Microsoft is so important to the SaaS industry. In addition, we’ve got stories on native advertising, content marketing, subscription commerce, conversions and much more.
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