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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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Hulu Rebrands Premium VOD Product by Dropping “Plus” from its Name

Business Strategy, Entertainment and Streaming, News /

Hulu, a streaming video-on-demand company, announced it’s dropping the name “Plus” from its premium subscription option. Hulu’s products, both free and paid versions, will be called Hulu. In an email to subscribers, Hulu says: “Though the name is changing, your subscription is not. You’ll still be a subscriber with all the benefits that come with that. You can keep on watching your favorite shows on all your devices – without having to change a thing. Same…

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Subscription News Round-up

Business Strategy, Entertainment and Streaming, FInance, Industry Announcements, Mergers and Acquisitions, News, SaaS and Cloud Services, Technology /

This week Sony, Adobe and Wall Street Journal made subscription industry headlines. Here are those headlines and more for this week, in case you missed them. Get Ready for the IoT CMS Wire Sony Adds A La Carte TV Channels to PlayStation Vue Engadget China’s iQIYI Serves Up 5 Million Online Video Subscribers Variety Using Recommendation Engines to Reduce Subscription Service Churn Smart Data Collective Wall Street Journal Continues Its Transformation with a Paid News App Subscription Insider Subscription Products Boost Adobe Fiscal 2Q Results The Bellingham…

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Wall Street Journal Continues Its Transformation with a Paid News App

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Last week Capital New York reported that the Wall Street Journal plans to launch What’s News, its first mobile-only product. The paid app will offer digest-style news from the Journal’s top stories for readers on the go. According to Capital New York, the “What’s News” will go into beta testing next month. The new app is said to be a critical piece to the Journal’s digital strategy, and as an add-on for subscribers, it could contribute…

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Vimeo Creates Subscription VOD Opportunities for Video Creators

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So you want your own YouTube-style website? Not a channel on YouTube – but a website like YouTube, where you can post your own videos and add a paywall so subscribers can pay to view your content? Consider it done! That’s what Vimeo has done for video creators, according to Mashable. With the new product, video creators and filmmakers can set their own monthly subscription pricing or a one-time fee, accept different forms of currency, and…

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MLB Network Now Offers Full Programming Line-Up Online

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Last week, the MLB Network became the first league-owned network to offer its full programming line-up on computers and mobile devices, said SB Nation. The live streaming will include MLB games previously only available with an MLB.tv subscription. Local blackout rules will still apply. “Since 2009, MLB Network has provided Major League Baseball fans with the most comprehensive coverage of the game on television through its award-winning programming,” said MLB Network president Rob McGlarry in a…

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Toronto Star to Launch Star Touch, Free Tablet Edition, in September

Business Strategy, Industry Announcements, News, Paywall, Subscription Apps /

The Toronto Star recently announced that it will launch Star Touch, its new tablet edition, in September. As we reported last fall, The Star, Canada’s largest newspaper, decided to abandon its paywall in favor of a free, interactive tablet edition designed to more deeply engage readers. Instead of a paywall, The Star is banking on advertising and sponsorship revenue. The paywall came down in April, but Star Touch is still in the works and it…

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Apple Kills Newsstand, Launches Flipboard-like News App

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Apple shared some big news this week at its 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference. Among the items affecting the subscription world are the launch of Apple Music, a subscription music service which we covered earlier this week, and News, a replacement for its out-of-date Newsstand app. Launching first in the U.S., U.K. and Australia, the Flipboard-like News app will deliver content from media partners including The Economist, Financial Times, Wired, Vox and The New York Times. Users…

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Subscription News Round-up

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Apple kicked off the week with big subscription news at the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, announcing its new music service and new Flipboard-like news app. Those and other subscription headlines made our weekly round-up: Vinaphone and Opera Launch Subscription App Store Mobile World Live Newsonomics: La Presse’s Bet on Tablets and Its Crossover Calculus Nieman Lab …

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Millennials: AOL Wants YOU!

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If you’re 45 or older, you likely remember AOL from the 1990s as your window to the World Wide Web through a noisy and painfully slow Internet connection. AOL is trying to change that image by appealing to Millennials who don’t remember the “100 hours of free Internet” CDs that used to come in the mail. Why? Because the average age of the AOL audience is 48, according to Wired, and that doesn’t appeal to advertisers.…

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Fuhu Launches a Subscription Tablet for Kids

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Named one of Fast Company’s most innovative companies for 2015, Fuhu is launching subscription tablets for kids, reported Fast Company yesterday. For $9.99 a month and a two-year commitment, parents can get a nabi Pass Tab, so Jane and Johnny can have their very own Android tablets, the nabi 2S. Complete with unlimited, kid-friendly content from Disney, DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, National Geographic, the tablet also features the Wings Adaptive Learning System with more than 300,000 questions…

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