Five on Friday: Subscription Practices, Paywalls and Postal Rates
Five on Friday, June 4, 2021: postal rate increases, updates on WarnerMedia and Reuters and top subscription jobs.
Weekly Subscription News: Tools, Talks and Ticketed Spaces
Verizon offers free Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass to unlimited subscribers, The New York Times is in talks to buy The Athletic, Amazon confirms Prime Day will be in June.
Five on Friday: Fundraising, Investigating and Suing
Piano raises $88M, Epic Games and Apple face off in court, CMA looks at auto-renewal practices of anti-virus software companies.
Five on Friday: Media Literacy, Podcast Revenue and Lossless Audio
Apple Music announces lossless audio, IAB said US podcast revenue will be $2B in 2023, and YouTube spends $7M to help journalists and newsrooms start their own channels.
Twitter to Buy Ad-Blocking Service Scroll
Twitter announced they would acquire Scroll, an ad-blocking service that provides a cleaner, more streamlined experience for online readers and publishers.
Member Alert: FTC “Digital Dark Patterns” Workshop April 29th
The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a virtual workshop on April 29th to examine digital “dark patterns” to examine what dark patterns are and how they impact or trick consumers and the marketplace into making unwanted or extra purchases online.
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Reuters Reveals New Subscription Website and Metered Paywall
Reuters News is the latest media organization to go the route of the metered paywall at a cost of $34.99 a month.
Weekly Subscription News: Millions, Movies and Magazines
Grover raises $71M for consumer electronics subscription biz, Charter pays $19.2M for tricking customers into switching ISPs, USA Today lost 50% of print sales last year.
Five on Friday: Donors, Dollars and Data Breaches
Highlights of App Annie's State of Mobile 2021 report, Facebook data breach and the value of a fast website
Five on Friday: Fake News, Twitter Conversations and Top Subscription Jobs
Google contributes $29M to EU fund to fight fake news, Axios and The Athletic might merge, and LinkedIn shares top subscription jobs.
