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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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Gear Supply Company Launches Guitar Goods Subscription

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Move over beauty boxes. There’s a new subscription box in town. Gear Supply Company recently launched a subscription box for guitar lovers, delivering a variety of guitar strings and picks to subscribers each month. Like a lot of subscription box companies, the concept for Gear Supply Company grew out of a need, reports Silicon Prairie news. CEO Joshua Koterba said he couldn’t find the picks and strings he wanted from his favorite local music store, so he bought products online and had them shipped…

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NAA Fights Ad Blockers with FTC Complaint and Investigation Request

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The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) is stepping up its game to fight ad blockers. The NAA, a nonprofit organization representing the interests of nearly 2,000 news publishers in the U.S. and Canada, filed a Complaint and Request for Investigation of Deceptive Ad-Blocking Practices with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last Thursday…

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A Glimpse into the Emerging World of Unsubscribe Services

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Is there a market for canceling unwanted subscriptions? ‘Unsubscribe’ services like Truebill and Trim want to manage your subscribers’ subscriptions.Subscription Insider walks you through the ‘unsubscribe’ players, how each of them works, what you need to plan for and more.

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Weekly Subscription News Round-up for May 27

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In this week’s subscription headlines, The Drum suggests seven ways publishers can survive in the world of ad blocking, the Washington Post enters the ad tech business with Fuse ads, and Sauk City, Minnesota considers a 25-year subscription to solar gardens. Get those headlines and more on cloud computing, vinyl record curation, SaaS and new media versus old media.

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Politico Ditches Its Paywall, Makes Other Big Changes

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Under a new publishing strategy, media outlet Politico is ditching its paywall and making a host of other changes, reports Variety. In addition to dropping its paywall, Politico is: (1) Creating a single landing page for all of its media-related stories at http://politico.com/media; (2) Revamping its “Morning Media” newsletter and (3) Redesigning its Politico blog. Get all the details at Subscription Insider.

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Podcast Platform Launches Acast +, Paid Premium Experience for Ad-Free Listening

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Stockholm-based podcast platform Acast announced the launch of Acast + this week, allowing podcasters to create a paid premium experience for their fans. In addition to ad-free listening, podcasters can now offer exclusive access to premium content and early releases while monetizing their content. If you haven’t heard of Acast yet, it is a curated platform for podcasts, connecting listeners, podcast creators and advertisers in the Acast mobile app…

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Amazon’s ComiXology Joins the List of Digital Comic Subscription Services

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ComiXology, an Amazon company, recently announced the launch of ComiXology Unlimited, a digital comic subscription service. For $5.99 a month, subscribers can read titles from a selection of thousands of comic books, graphic novels and manga offline on any device. Comic fans can get started with a 30-day free trial. Subscription selections are available on the ComiXology website and apps and are identified by the Comixology Unlimited logo. For now though, ComiXology is only available in the U.S., but it plans to expand internationally soon.

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Sauk City, Minnesota Considers 25-Year Subscription to Solar Gardens

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The latest in the category of interesting and innovative subscriptions is a 25-year subscription to solar gardens the Sauk City (Minnesota) Council considered at last night’s meeting. The subscription stems from Minnesota legislation passed in 2013 that allows a Minneapolis-based utility, Xcel Energy, to create a program for community solar gardens.

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Control Your Child’s Online Activity with a Circle Go Subscription

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Parents can now manage their children’s devices outside the home with a subscription service called Circle Go, a companion product to Circle with Disney, reports TechCrunch. For just $9.95 a month for up to 10 devices, parents can apply all of their home Internet rules and apply those to their kids’ devices when their children are on the go. Created by Circle Media Inc. in partnership with Disney, Circle was designed to be used as a parenting tool for families with children ages 6 to 16.

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Tampa Bay Times Buys and Immediately Shuts Down The Tampa Tribune

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Earlier this month, the Tampa Bay Times acquired long-time competitor, The Tampa Tribune, and immediately shut it down. Effective May 4, the Times will honor all Tribune subscriptions and advertising agreements, according to a press release issued by the Times, terminating a 29-year rivalry between the two newspapers. The sale terminated a 29-year rivalry between the two daily newspapers, leaving Tampa with one major metro paper…

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