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Snapchat gains 12M members; Herd & Grace to launch premium steak subscription; ChatGPT testing subscription tier.
Last week, Marquee Brands announced that it has acquired a majority stake in America’s Test Kitchen.
Eighteen months after its relaunch, Gawker is being shuttered again. Parent company Bustle Digital Group is also laying off 8% of staff companywide.
Lifetime subscriptions are available for Dollar Flight Club, Amdocs launches subscription marketplace, Dotdash Meredith to lay off 7% of staff.
Reuters to create 100 jobs and reboot paywall; Twitter to launch ad-free subscription tier; Vice Media looks for a buyer.
This week’s subscription news headlines feature newspaper closures, the refill economy and raising capital.
FlexPay and PYMNTS release a new subscription business report, Vice can’t find a buyer and Parler lays off staff.
Urban Plates is cutting subscription prices in half, Shopify launches a new product to attract big retail, and Autonomy is in trouble.
Can Mastadon replace Twitter? Meta fined $411M in EU. Three Alabama papers cease print publication in Feb.
The Atlantic is experimenting with dynamic subscription pricing, hoping to attract more subscribers and increase ARPU.
