Weekly Subscription News: M.I.T. Media Lab, Medium and Music

This week, the subscription news headlines include everything from expansion and exclusion to new launches and legacies: Jeffrey Epsteins legacy ensnares the M.I.T. Media

This week, the subscription news headlines include everything from expansion and exclusion to new launches and legacies: Jeffrey Epsteins legacy ensnares the M.I.T. Media Lab, Medium launches a new publication for business, and Amazon expands into Brazil. Also, Apple News is excluding local newsrooms, a $5 billion fine wont fix Facebook, and paid streaming music subscriptions top 60 million in the United States, says RIAA

Jeffrey Epstein’s Gruesome Legacy Ensnares M.I.T. Media Lab
Publishing Insider

Amazon Expands in Brazil with Prime Subscription Service
Yahoo Finance

Apple News is Excluding Local Newsrooms from its Coveted Traffic Bump
Columbia Journalism Review

Medium Launches Marker, a New Publication for Businesses
Medium

Award-Winning London Art Studies, the Worlds First Online Arts Education Subscription Platform
Forbes

A $5 Billion Fine Wont Fix Facebook
Vox

Paid Streaming Music Subscriptions in U.S. Top 60M, Says RIAA
TechCrunch

Patreon May Start Providing Loans to Creators, Among Other New Services
Variety

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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!