Weekly Subscription News: Microsoft, Magazines and Mobile Apps

In this weeks subscription headlines, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plans to go all digital, Meredith and NYT are teaming up to publish special edition magazines, and

In this weeks subscription headlines, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette plans to go all digital, Meredith and NYT are teaming up to publish special edition magazines, and Netflix will offer cheaper subscriptions to customers in India. Also, this week, Ubisoft reveals the full line-up for its Uplay+ gaming subscription, set to launch in September, Finix raises $17.5 million to shake up the payment world, and First Look Media shifts strategy, creating tension with staff.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to Phase Out All Print Operations to Become Fully Digital
Pittsburgh Current

Microsoft’s Xbox Revenue Is Plummeting, And Here’s Why That’s Fine
Forbes

Meredith, ‘NYT’ Team for Special-Edition Magazines
Media Post

Netflix Will Roll Out a Cheaper Subscription Plan in India
TechCrunch

Tensions Rise at First Look Media as Company Shifts Strategy
New York Intelligencer

Finix Raises $17.5M To Shake Up Payments In A Very Un-Stripelike Way
Crunchbase News

Ubisoft Announces All 100+ Games Coming to its Uplay+ Subscription Service
BGR

ESPN Sees its Mobile App as a Path to Paying Subscribers
Digiday

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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!