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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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NY Times & Financial Times Partner to Offer Unlimited Digital Access to Hotel Guests

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The New York Times and Financial Times are teaming up to provide unlimited digital access to hotel guests in North and South America, reports Editor & Publisher. The goal of the hotel access program is to introduce new readers to the media outlets. The program began in May and is open to any hotel in North and South America. To join the program, hotels purchase a branded online portal that will give hotel guests unlimited access…

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Facebook is Testing a Twitter-Like Breaking News App

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Facebook is testing a breaking news mobile app with select publishers, reports Business Insider. The app will be a stand-alone news app that will work like Twitter, providing users with breaking news notifications from its publishing partners. Though Facebook declined to comment on its plans for the article, Business Insider received information about the news app from a source who is working with the Facebook Business platform. According to the source, this is how the app…

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Weekly Subscription News Round-up

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We can define this week’s headlines in one word: Google. Or should we say Alphabet? No matter what you call the company and its offshoots, Google has dominated the news this week. That news and other subscription-related headlines are here for your reading pleasure, in case you missed them: The Digital Ad Business is Broken, Says Former Forbes.com CEO VentureBeat TinyPass and Piano Media Merge, Embracing “Paywall” as a Fluid Concept NiemanLab Can the New York Times Sustain Digital Growth…

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Samsung Pay Mobile Wallet to Launch Sept. 28

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Swipe. Secure. Hover. Pay. This is how Samsung characterizes its new mobile wallet, Samsung Pay, set to launch in the U.S. on September 28. According to the company’s website, Samsung Pay is a simple, secure tap-to-pay system that will work just about anywhere that you can swipe a credit or debit card. The mobile wallet doesn’t store or share payment information, so Samsung says it is more secure than other systems. Digital Trends said Samsung Pay…

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Paywall Tech Companies Tinypass and Piano Media Merge

Business Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, News, Payment Processing, Paywall, SaaS and Cloud Services /

After months of discussion, paywall tech companies Tinypass and Piano Media announced a merger on Tuesday, creating Piano, a new SaaS company specializing in advanced media business processes and paywall optimization software. The merger is effective immediately. “Digital media businesses are increasingly focused on monetizing their loyal users,” said Trevor Kaufman, former Tinypass CEO, in a press release about the merger. Kaufman will run the new operation. “It’s obvious to everyone in our industry that the display-advertising-only…

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Apple Music Signs Up 11 Million Members in 5 Weeks

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In its first five weeks, 11 million users have signed up for Apple Music, Apple’s new streaming music service, including 2 million who have signed up for the family plan, reported USA Today. Eddy Cue, senior vice president of Internet software and services for Apple, told USA Today, “We’re thrilled with the numbers so far.” Apple Music launched on June 30 in 100 countries. Users of the streaming music service get a free three-month membership. At renewal,…

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Can The New York Times Sustain Digital Growth After 1M Mark?

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The New York Times hit a milestone last month – 1 million digital-only subscribers – including 33,000 digital subscribers added during the second quarter of 2015. In addition to digital-only subscribers, The Times has 1.1 million print-and-digital subscribers. In a press release about the achievement, president and CEO Mark Thompson commented: “This is a major milestone for our digital consumer business, which we launched in 2011 and has continued a strong and steady growth trajectory. It puts…

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Care.com Takes Baby Steps toward Becoming Profitable

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Last week, 9-year-old Care.com (NYSE: CRCM) released its quarterly earnings report, its first with new Chief Financial Officer Michael Echenberg at the helm. The earnings report was anxiously awaited by investors who have seen the company’s stock price plummet by more than 70% since the company went public in January 2014, says the Boston Business Journal. There is some good news, though the company has a long way to go to be profitable.   In its second quarter…

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Why is LinkedIn Creating a Global Syndicated Content Network?

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LinkedIn is building a syndicated content network, starting with its top 500 influencers, says Re/code. Currently, those same influencers are posting their content on the professional social media site for free. LinkedIn wants to leverage that content by syndicating it and republishing it on other sites. To do that now, influencers have to manually approve the sharing of their content. LinkedIn wants to skip that step with a blanket approval by each author. Re/code points out…

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Weekly Subscription News Round-up

Business Strategy, Entertainment and Streaming, FInance, News, Paywall, SaaS and Cloud Services /

Once again, the subscription world has been busy with paywall news, software rollouts, and publishing changes. It’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are those headlines and more, in case you missed them: Paywalls Are Not the Future; Just Ask the New York Times TheStreet Subscription Commerce: Reshaping the Future of CE Retail Twice.com Windows 10 Rollout: Implications for Subscribers Subscription Insider Time Inc. Plans to Introduce Paywalls Across All Titles Capital New York Netflix Becomes the 800-Pound Gorilla for Traditional TV Types Daily News New…

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