Five on Friday: Cars, Creators and Connectivity

Apple leverages CarPlay to venture into vehicle market, Tesla wants to make connectivity a subscription, Slack raises prices.

FINN Car Subscriptions to Expand to U.S.

FINN’s all-inclusive car subscriptions will expand to the U.S. in the eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey area.

Amazon eyes Sunday Night Football, Taco Bell tests taco subscription, and Quora launches Quora+.

Tesla offers full self-driving subscriptions, The Athletic raises annual subscription rate, Flipkart tells India Court it is different than Amazon.

A retired NBA player buys Ebony magazine, WaPo says Google is hurting local news, and a Chicago eatery launches gelato pint subscriptions.

PlayStation Now has 2.2 million subscribers, BBC Four could become a global subscription service, and The Atlantic is cutting 17% of staff.

Tesla delays the release of its semi until 2021; the Skimm cuts staff 20%, and Comcast struggles with the loss of revenue from theme parks,