Weekly Subscription News: Podcasters, Paywalls and Potential

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Happy Mothers Day to all the moms, grandmas and others who have been like mothers to us! We hope you have a wonderful weekend. Now onto the subscription headlines. This week, Spotify launches a limited U.S. test of voice-enabled ads, Verizon is looking to sell Tumblr, and owners of The New Orleans Advocate buy The Times-Picayune and NOLA.com. Also this week, Stripe announces its plans to hire more than 100 remote software engineers, photographers panic as Adobe tests new subscription options online, and Zynga wants to know if users will pay to play.

Spotify Launches Voice-Enabled Ads on Mobile Devices in a Limited U.S. Test
TechCrunch

Stripe to Hire More than 100 Remote Software Engineers
Irish Times

Verizon Is Looking to Sell Tumblr After Squandering Its Potential
The Verge

Owners of The New Orleans Advocate Buy The Times-Picayune and NOLA.com
NOLA.com

Adobe Panics Photographers by Testing New Plans for Photo Subscriptions
Digital Trends

Acast Access Launches for Podcasters to Distribute Their Paywalled Content to Any App
Venture Beat

Hulu’s on Pace to Reach Disney’s Subscriber Goal by Next Year
The Motley Fool

Zynga Wants to Know If Fans Will Pay to Play Its Games
Bloomberg

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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!