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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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All-You-Can-Eat Subscription Comics: Archie, Comic Blitz, Marvel & More

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If you like comics, you’ll love the buffet of all-you-can-eat comic subscriptions now available to comic lovers, including new additions like Archie Unlimited and Comic Blitz. Last week The Beat announced that Archie Comics has released Archie Unlimited, a standalone iOS app designed by Madefire where Archie fans can buy individual issues, subscribe to Archie Unlimited for $7.99 a month, and get access to digital-only Archie comics featuring Archie, Josie & The Pussycats, Dark Circle Comics,…

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Condé Nast Shuts Down Details Magazine

Business Strategy, Magazines, News /

Yesterday Condé Nast announced the closure of Details magazine, a fashion magazine targeting men in their late 20s and 30s, says the Wall Street Journal. The December 2015/January 2016 issue will be the magazine’s last. According to the Wall Street Journal, Bob Sauerberg, president of Condé Nast, told staff about the magazine’s demise yesterday. About a dozen Details staffers will find other jobs within Condé Nast, though Dan Peres, editor in chief, and Drew Schutte, publisher…

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Pandora Acquires Rdio for $75 Million in Cash…Sort of

Auto-renew Subscription, Business Strategy, Consumer Services, Entertainment and Streaming, Freemium, Mergers and Acquisitions, News, Subscriber Acquisition, Subscription Apps /

On Monday, Pandora announced that it will pay streaming music service Rdio $75 million to acquire technology to launch its own on-demand, streaming-music subscription service. According to Advertising Age, this acquisition will allow Pandora to be more competitive with Spotify and Apple Music, which both offer radio and on-demand streaming music services. Pandora is acquiring the assets, but not in a traditional purchase. Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews explains why during the investor…

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Time Warner to Reduce Ads & Increase Programming on TBS in 2016

Business Strategy, Entertainment and Streaming, News, Revenue and Sales /

During Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) third quarter earnings call, the company announced it plans to experiment with reducing the number of ads on some of the Turner Broadcasting System’s cable channels, says The Verge. The goal? To appeal to younger audiences, including cord cutters and cord nevers who prefer to watch TV over the Internet, sometimes called over-the-top (OTT) TV. According to Variety, Time Warner will begin testing with TruTV, a reality TV/comedy channel, in the…

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Dropbox Adds Enterprise Tier & New Features to Premium Services

Business Services, Business Strategy, Industry Announcements, News, SaaS and Cloud Services /

On November 4, Dropbox announced that it is adding a new tier to its premium services: Enterprise. Dropbox Enterprise will offer users the same premium features as Dropbox Business, but with a few more bells and whistles, including: Scalable deployment tools for easy migration to Dropbox Enterprise Increased visibility and control for Dropbox administrators Unlimited access to Dropbox API to integrate Dropbox Enterprise with a company’s internal tools Enterprise is specifically designed for large organizations, including those with tens…

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Facebook Beats Revenue Projections, Boosting Stock to All Time High

Business Strategy, Consumer Services, FInance, Industry Announcements, News, Subscriber Acquisition, Subscription Apps, Subscription Business Marketing /

When Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) reported third quarter revenue above projections, stockholders indicated their approval, boosting stock prices by almost 5% at one point, says Business Insider. During the most recent quarter, Facebook earned $4.5 billion in total revenue, compared to $4.37 billion predicted by analysts. That’s an impressive spread, but what’s more impressive is that Facebook’s revenue is 41% higher than it was for the same period last year! No wonder investors are excited. Other highlights from…

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Pandora’s Stock Dives After Positive Q3 Report

Auto-renew Subscription, Business Strategy, Consumer Services, Entertainment and Streaming, FInance, Freemium, News, Subscription Apps /

On October 22, Pandora (NYSE: P) had good news and bad news to share. The good news – revenue was up 30% or more in every category, and the number of listeners and listener hours were up slightly over the same period last year. The bad news – Pandora missed its revenue projection by $1.4 million, driving down stock prices by 20% by the end of the day, a loss of $85.9 million, according to…

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Tribune Publishing to Move to Metered Paywall in 2016

Business Strategy, News, Paywall /

Tribune Publishing (NYSE: TPUB) – owner of the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and other publications – announced that it would move all of its publications to a metered paywall model next year. The announcement came from Tribune digital chief Denise Warren, during the third quarter earnings call last week, says Politico. The Tribune’s current model is a hard paywall where content is only available to subscribers. With a metered model, like…

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Microsoft to Discontinue Unlimited OneDrive Storage Subscriptions

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If you use Microsoft’s OneDrive, your subscription is about to change. For the last year, along with their Office 365 subscription, users got unlimited storage on OneDrive for no additional cost. Not anymore. That sweet deal is gone. Microsoft explains the reason for the change on their OneDrive blog: “Since starting to roll out unlimited cloud storage to Office 365 consumer subscribers, a small number of users backed up numerous PCs and stored entire movie collections and…

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