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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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Weekly Subscription News Round-up

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WaPo blocks ad blockers, Comcast wants to charge for cell-phone-like data overages, and Media General buys Meredith for $2.4 billion. Those subscription headlines and more are here for your reading pleasure: LinkedIn CEO Talks to Re/code about Turning LinkedIn into a Content Giant Re/code The Washington Post Has Begun Blocking the Ad Blockers BuzzFeed News Fox and National Geographic Announce Big For-Profit Venture CNN Money Comcast Tests Data Usage Plans to Charge Customers for Overages Subscription Insider Media General to Buy Meredith in Deal…

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AOL Buys Mobile Platform Millennial Media for $238 Million

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AOL announced last week that it is purchasing mobile platform Millennial Media for $1.75/share. The deal equates to a $234 million purchase, reports Business Insider. This purchase follows AOL’s own acquisition by Verizon in May. AOL’s press release says the company is making the purchase to expand its mobile ad capabilities which currently serve more than 350 million monthly global consumers of its premium brands: “AOL is well positioned as consumers spend more and more time on…

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FT.com Drops Paywall for 24 Hours to Reach Non-Subscribers

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To celebrate 20 years online, the Financial Times is making its website FT.com free for 24 hours, starting at 12:01 a.m. BST on Wednesday, September 9, reports Adweek. A visit to the site’s home page shows the news is true. Through a pop-up ad at the bottom of the screen, FT.com announces the site is free for the day, inviting readers to get a taste for the media outlet’s premium content. Clicking on the tour button will…

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Apple News to Launch Next Week with 50+ Publishers

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At WWDC in June, Apple announced that it signed 18 publishers for its News app which will replace its outdated Newsstand app. Though not yet launched, Apple’s News app now has more than 50 publishers on board, says Re/code. As we reported previously, the News app will be similar to Flipboard, delivering content from publishing partners like The Economist, Financial Times, Wired and The New York Times in a personalized feed of content and articles. Users…

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Comcast Tests Data Usage Plans to Charge Customers for Overages

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Just when you think cable companies can’t get any greedier, they do. Comcast is experimenting with cell-phone-like data charges so it can charge overage fees, says GeekWire. Wait, what?!! Yes, you heard us right. Comcast wants even more of your hard-earned dollars for doing exactly what you’re doing now – using the Internet. According to GeekWire, Comcast made the announcement to a targeted group last week, telling them that, as of October 1, they’d get stuck with…

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Hulu Adds Ad-Free Subscription Option

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Hulu finally jumped off the cliff, adding an ad-free subscription tier to its menu of options, according to the Hulu blog. This new option will help Hulu compete with Amazon and Netflix in the ad-free streaming video world. We first covered the ad-free option when the rumors began in July. The rumors have come to fruition, and fans can now binge watch their favorite shows without the commercials for just $11.99 a month. Subscribers willing to…

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NetMedNow Subscription Service Offers Online Medical Treatment 24/7

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Patients can now get healthcare advice and medical treatment by subscription through NetMedNow and its telemedicine partners, says Bossier Press. NetMedNow offers online care 24/7 through U.S. board-certified physicians who specialize in internal medicine, emergency medicine, family medicine, or pediatrics. An entire household can access the service and unlimited chats for just $12.95 a month for the basic service or $17.95 a month for the preferred service. There is a one-time application fee of $5.95, but…

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Netflix Ends Partnership with EPiX September 30

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After a five-year partnership, Netflix is ending its relationship with EPiX, a subscription video-on-demand service owned by Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM, reports Digital Trends. The partnership will end on September 30, meaning Netflix subscribers will lose access to some of their favorite movies including Hunger Games: Catching Fire, World War Z and Transformers: Age of Extinction. Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos discusses the change in an August 30 blog post: “While many of these movies are…

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Blendle Germany’ to Launch September 14

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Dutch start-up Blendle announced it is expanding into Germany in two weeks. Sometimes referred to as the iTunes for news, co-founders Alexander Klöpping and Marten Blankesteijn launched Blendle in the Netherlands in April 2014. Germany will be the company’s first international version. Backed by The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and Axel Springer, Blendle is an app that allows users to get all of their favorite digital publications in one place…

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YouTube Rumored to Launch 2 Subscription Services by Year End

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Google’s YouTube gets serious about subscriptions with plans to roll out two subscription services by year end, says The Verge. One will be YouTube’s Music Key, a monthly subscription service now in beta testing. The other unnamed service will offer premium content behind a paywall. These changes will give YouTube a mix of revenue streams: advertising revenue, music subscriptions, and premium content. According to Invest Correctly, this is a necessary move for YouTube. Though the site…

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