Weekly Subscription News: At-Home Delivery, Free Music and Extortion

Featuring Quibi, Wink, Fair, Tidal, Canva and DispatchTrack

In this week’s subscription news, Quibi adds free episodes to YouTube to grow subscribers, smart home brand Wink is accused with extortion over new subscription charges, and Tidal makes a deal with Walmart to offer four free months of music and a discounted subscription with certain purchases. Also this week, Peloton boasts big revenue and membership numbers to shareholders, DispatchTrack raises $144 million for SaaS-powered at-home delivery solutions, and Canva adds 15 times more content to its Pro subscription.

Quibi Places Free Episodes on YouTube to Grow Subscribers
Los Angeles Times

NBCUniversal Signs Exclusive 5-Year Deal With Taboola Across Digital News Sites
Publishers Daily

Fair Hires New CEO to Grow Vehicle Subscription Platform Amid Digital Auto Shift
Yahoo Finance

Get 4 Months of Free Tidal & Discounted Subscription with a Purchase at Walmart
CNET

DispatchTrack Scores $144M for At-Home Delivery Solutions Powered by SaaS
Crunchbase News

Peloton’s Shareholder Letter Reports Revenue and Membership Surges
Bicycling

Canva Adds 15 Times More Content to Pro Subscription
Mumbrella

Dish’s Sling TV Takes Big Q1 Subscriber Hit Due To COVID-19
Television News Daily

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Dana E. Neuts

Dana Neuts is Subscription Insider's Editorial Director, covering our daily subscription news as well as member features, case studies, premium content, and reports. Dana is also a writer, editor, marketer and communications professional. Her work has appeared in AARP Bulletin, The Seattle Times, Seattle Business, 425 Business, 425 Magazine, South Sound Magazine, Northwest Travel and more. Her specialties include business writing, community news, senior issues, travel and, of course, subscriptions!