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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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Axel Springer Makes Big Digital Moves Across the Pond

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Berlin-based publisher Axel Springer has big plans in the works for its U.S.-based properties in 2016, including a possible subscription model for Business Insider, reports Bloomberg Business. Axel Springer acquired an additional 88% of Business Insider in September for $343 million, bringing its ownership to 97%. The remainder is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Business Insider has an estimated 45 million unique monthly visitors. In addition to considering a paywall for Business Insider, Axel Springer…

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10 Hot Subscription Companies in the News

Business Media and Publishing, Business Strategy, Entertainment and Streaming, Magazines, News, Paywall, SaaS and Cloud Services /

The subscription industry is constantly changing. Subscription Insider tries to keep you up-to-date with daily news blogs and social media posts, but it is impossible to share all of the subscription and membership news. We’ve gathered the latest headlines from 10 top subscription companies to give you the 4-1-1. Google Play: Last week Google announced the coming launch of Google Play Music’s family plan. With the new family plan, subscribers can add up to five additional…

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Digital Multimedia Subscription Service Playster Launches in U.S.

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After being in beta since 2014, Playster, an online multimedia and entertainment subscription service, officially launched December 10, says Publishers Weekly. Boasting the world’s most diverse digital catalog, Playster includes on-demand books, music, TV and films, and video games including timeless classics and the newest blockbusters. The Playster website says it is all-inclusive entertainment. “It’s the Netflix of everything. Anytime, anywhere.” Following a month-long free trial, members choose which media types they are interested in, or they…

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Live Streams and Subscriptions Bring Broadway Home

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Last week Tony-winning producer Ken Davenport livestreamed his Off-Broadway musical Daddy Long Legs online for free, reports Lee Seymour for Forbes. The viewing of this particular show was free and it can be viewed by up to 800 people per week. While this was not revenue-generating, Seymour says this was one of several attempts by Broadway to bridge the gap between digital and live audiences. Earlier this fall a new subscription service, BroadwayHD, launched to also…

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Weekly Subscription News Round-up for Dec. 11

Auto-renew Subscription, Business Media and Publishing, Business Strategy, Consumer Services, Entertainment and Streaming, Industry Announcements, News, Payment Processing, Regulation and Compliance, Subscription Apps /

It wouldn’t be a full week without news from Amazon, Apple and the New York Times, would it? They’re all in the news this week along with a 2015 rundown of payments, subscription companies in California in trouble, and more on ad-blocking. We’ve got those subscription news headlines and more to take you into the weekend.

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YouTube’s Subscription SVOD Service Wants to Play with the Big Boys

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In late October, YouTube launched YouTube Red, a subscription service giving users an ad-free streaming video and music experience for $9.99 a month. Six weeks in and YouTube is reportedly meeting with Hollywood executives and other production companies to secure TV and movie streaming rights, says the Wall Street Journal. There are no details yet about what series or movies YouTube is pursuing.

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Is Tribune Publishing For Sale? Maybe

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Is Tribune Publishing for sale? It depends on who you ask. On November 27, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch tweeted that it might be: Based in Chicago, Tribune Publishing (NYSE: TPUB) is the nation’s fourth largest newspaper company by revenue. It owns 11 major daily newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, the L.A. Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, which it purchased in May 2015 for $85 million. Ken Doctor wrote about the rumor for Politico Media. Doctor…

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Pandora CEO Says Free On-Demand Music Diminishes the Value of Music

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In a recent op-ed piece for Business Insider, Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews speaks out against free streaming music, saying that free on-demand music services are driving down the intrinsic value of music, creating what he calls a “gray market.” People no longer see – or are willing to pay for – the artistry or value of music because we can get it for free, he says. “An ever-growing number of listeners are happily lingering in music’s…

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Germany’s Spiegel News Magazine to Cut Staff & Launch Paywall

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One of Europe’s largest news magazines, Der Spiegel, will cut staff by 20% and launch a paywall to fight a decline in advertising and circulation, said Reuters. Based in Germany, the weekly magazine has print circulation of about 870,000, and is part of the largest print market in Europe. Along with the magazine, Spiegel has a currently-free news site, featuring its investigative reporting, including some of its magazine content. Some of the publication’s longer articles can…

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Publishers Balk as Twitter Removes Share Counts

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Two weeks ago Twitter removed share counts from Tweet buttons on publisher sites, and some publishers are upset about the change, reports DigiDay. Some of those publishers have even launched a campaign – #SaveOurShareCounts – to protest the loss of share counts. An online petition has been started as well, though it appears to only have 17 signatures so far. Will the #SaveOurShareCounts campaign be effective?

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