Payments company Stripe has raised $600 million in Series H funding and is now valued at $95 billion, nearly three times its value in Sept. 2019.
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Urban Outfitters is the latest retailer to test a tiered, paid membership program, starting in Atlanta and Dallas.
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Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing outside one’s household by testing a two-factor authentication feature to verify a viewer’s identity.
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The Information will launch a newsletter business, Twitter considers an “undo” feature, and WWE fans need to subscribe to Peacock to watch Wrestlemania 37.
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In this week’s edition of Five on Friday, Disney+ now has more than 100 million subscribers in just 16 months and weeks ahead of a price increase, The New York Times ponders whether Google and Facebook has killed “free,” and Apple is in the hot seat in the EU for an antitrust complaint from Spotify.
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Less than a month after acquiring HuffPost, BuzzFeed cuts 47 U.S. staff and shuts down Canadian outlet.
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Despite a terrible 2020, AMC Theatres is optimistic about a post-pandemic future.
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Travel platform Tripadvisor is hoping to encourage travel with its new membership program Tripadvisor Plus. Designed for travelers, the new membership program offers individual members insider savings such as discounted hotel rates, personal service, awards, and benefits and perks (e.g., room upgrades, spa credits, etc.) for an annual membership fee of $99. Only Tripadvisor Plus
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PeopleConnect Inc., parent of Classmates.com, has settled a lawsuit in California for up to $550K, for violating auto-renewal laws in the state.
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Last week, mobile payment platform Square, Inc. announced plans to buy a major ownership stake in streaming music service TIDAL in a $297 million cash and stock deal. TIDAL was purchased by rapper Jay-Z (Shawn Carter), wife Beyonce and other artists purchased the company in 2015 for $56 million to provide subscribers with a premium
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