Regulation and Compliance
From subscription offers, free trials, special promotions, marketing copy, auto-renewal notification, consumer privacy, financial reporting, payment processes, and more – there are a lot of laws that subscription, membership, and recurring-revenue companies need to understand and comply with.
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After blocking news sharing in Australia, Facebook ended its standoff with the Australian government, after receiving minor concessions.
New Statesman grows digital subscriptions 75% in a year, NYT tests digital subscriptions for kids & SiriusXM gives 1M lifetime subscriptions in a settlement.
Microsoft supports a proposal by the Australian Parliament to pay publishers for news. Facebook and Google actively oppose the measure.
Sports Illustrated launches premium memberships, Ordslip & DoorDash partner for on-demand delivery and Spotify considers a la carte payments.
Substack welcomes newsletter competition, Word Press’s parent buys content analytics platform Parse.ly, and Comcast holds off on data caps.
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a $61.7 million settlement with Amazon for tips the company did not pass along to drivers.
Tidal’s revenue grows but still has losses, NYT Cooking kicks off ad campaign to leverage growth, and members-only services help restaurants and luxury travel survive.
This year’s top subscription stories include major acquisitions, antitrust concerns, lots of layoffs, an abundance of launches and more.
Last week, Google got hit with two more antitrust lawsuits, just two months after the Department of Justice filed its own antitrust lawsuit.
Winc wines grows under the power of influencers, CBS All Access adds more kids’ programming and Franklin Covey’s model survies the pandemic.
