Weekly Subscription News Round-up for May 27

In this week’s subscription headlines, The Drum suggests seven ways publishers can survive in the world of ad blocking, the Washington Post enters the

In this week’s subscription headlines, The Drum suggests seven ways publishers can survive in the world of ad blocking, the Washington Post enters the ad tech business with Fuse ads, and Sauk City, Minnesota considers a 25-year subscription to solar gardens. Get those headlines and more on cloud computing, vinyl record curation, SaaS and new media versus old media:

7 Ways Publishers Can Survive in an Ad-Blocked Web
The Drum

Microsoft’s Cloud Computing, Subscription Pivot Near Complete, Says Analyst
ZDNet

Washington Post Enters Ad Tech Biz with Fuse Ads
Media Post: Publishers Daily

Control Your Child’s Online Activity with a Circle Go Subscription
Subscription Insider

Beyond VNYL, the Subscription Service That Wants to Curate Your Record Collection
The Daily Dot

The UK’s NewStatesman to Ad Blockers: Keep It Up, We’ll Put Up a Paywall
Digiday

New Media Shares Old Media’s Roof: Which New Media Company Owns Old Media?
Bloomberg Gadfly

Sauk City, Minnesota Considers 25-Year Subscription to Solar Gardens
Subscription Insider

This Site Aims to be the Yelp of the SaaS World
Network World

Podcasts are Experimenting with Paid Subscriptions
Fortune

A big thank you to Lisa B. Dubrow, Esq., for graciously offering her expertise in Tuesday’s webinar, “The Legal Issues Presented by ‘Real-Time’ Social Media Marketing.” It was incredibly insightful, and we’ve gotten great comments from attendees. Next up: Subscription Accelerator Bootcamp: Payment Processing on Sept. 29 in San Francisco. Hope to see you there!

Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

~ The Subscription Insider Team

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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!