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Yesterday Microsoft announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion all-cash deal.
Harlequin has launched Harlequin Plus, a multimedia subscription service for romance readers.
Netflix announced an increase in subscription prices in the U.S. and Canada. Prices will go up $1 to $2 per month.
Big news in the payments world: Mastercard is imposing new and unique disclosure and notice requirements for merchants.
Ubisoft brings subscription service to Xbox, FuboTV grows to 1.1M subscribers, Audible discontinues daily digests of top news outlets.
In preliminary Q4 2021 results, fuboTV boasts 1.1 million subscribers and revenue growth in the triple digits, exceeding guidance.
Last week, the News Media Alliance urged the US Copyright Office to strengthen the rights of publishers.
WarnerMedia’s HBO and HBO Max ended the year with 73.8M total global subscribers, beating the company’s 2021 forecast.
Returning to negotiations, The New York Times Co. agreed to buy The Athletic for $550M in an all-cash deal.
The Institute for Nonprofit News and their partners raised a record $12M to support NewsMatch 2021, including $6M in seed money for 2022 & 2023.
