Weekly Subscription News Round-up for Dec. 11

It wouldn’t be a full week without news from Amazon, Apple and the New York Times, would it? They’re all in the news this

It wouldn’t be a full week without news from Amazon, Apple and the New York Times, would it? They’re all in the news this week along with a 2015 rundown of payments, subscription companies in California in trouble, and more on ad-blocking. Those headlines and more:

Amazon Adds Showtime and Starz to Prime Streaming Subscription Plan
LA Times

The A, B, Cs of Payments 2015 (first in a series)
PYMTS.com

PCG Signs Agreements with Three New Publishers
Digital Book World

California Consumers Suing Subscription Companies Over Auto-Renewal Law
Subscription Insider

Spotify Reportedly Testing Subscription-Only Tracks
Engadget

New York Times is Developing New Lifestyle Verticals, Including Movies-and-TV Product Ad Age

Publishers Balk as Twitter Removes Share Counts
Subscription Insider

HubSpot Attains a 52-Week High on Solid Momentum
Zacks

The Next Wave of Ad Blocking is Arriving, Slowly
Poynter

Apple Updates Its News App to Make It More Like a…Newspaper
Re/code

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