Weekly Subscription News: Agreements, Acquisitions and Outages

Featuring Twitch, NMPA, Chargebee, RevLock and Facebook

The big news story this week, of course, is Facebook’s outage on Monday, which also brought down Instagram and WhatsApp, impacting subscription companies who use the social media and messaging platforms for advertising, marketing and customer service.

Other top subscription stories include Amazon’s ‘New World’ becoming Steam’s most-played new game of 2021, Chargebee acquires RevLock, expanding its revenue recognition capabilities, and Twitch and the National Music Publishers’ Association finally come to an agreement.

Amazon’s Just-Launched ‘New World’ Is Already Steam’s Most-Played New Game of 2021
Geekwire

Patreon Battles for Creators by Investing in Original Content
Bloomberg Businessweek

Facebook CTO Apologizes for Outage
Media Post

Massachusetts AG Joins Top Elected Officials in Supporting Boston Globe Employees
Boston Newspaper Guild

After Pandemic Layoffs, Examiner Media Seeks Subscribers on Substack
The New York Times

Creator-Owned Streaming Service Nebula Secures First Investment at $50M Valuation
Tubefilter

Twitch and National Music Publishers’ Association Unveil Agreement
Variety

With Acquisition of RevLock, Chargebee Adds Revenue Recognition Capabilities
PR Newswire

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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!