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Conde Nast pays $10M in back rent HBO Max gets a Batman podcast, and Gannett has sold 23 newspapers back to local owners.
Discovery wins big with the Tokyo Olympics, growing the global entertainment company’s subscribers to more than 18 million.
Spotify is testing a less expensive, ad-supported tier, Spotify Plus, for as low as $0.99 a month.
Video conferencing platform Zoom settled a class action privacy lawsuit for $85 million. Zoom admits no wrongdoing.
Google parent Alphabet reports total revenue of $61.9B in Q2 2021, a 62% increase.
Pearson is getting into the subscription game with its new Pearson+ textbook subscription service, starting at $9.99 a month.
YouTube tests ‘Premium Lite’ subscription for cheaper ad-free viewing, Walmart offers subscriptions through Adobe partnership, The Guardian plans to hit 2M subscribers by 2022.
Tumblr faces backlash from new subscription service, Substack acquires “Letter,” and PayPal announces super app.
Apple reported record revenue of $81.4B in the third quarter of fiscal 2021, a 36% increase year-over-year.
