Weekly Subscription News: Plates, Products and Purchases

Featuring Urban Plates, Bloomberg, Shopify and Autonomy

Subscription headlines are ringing in the New Year in style. Urban Plates is cutting the price of their subscriptions in half, Bloomberg is reportedly interested in buying Dow Jones or Washington Post, and TikTok is going to allow adults-only content. Also, Shopify wants to attract major retailers to their platform with a new subscription product, and Autonomy’s CEO says the company is in dire financial straits. Will they survive?

Urban Plates Cutting Price of Subscription Program in Half
FastCasual.com

Bloomberg Interested in Buying WSJ-Parent Dow Jones or Washington Post
Axios

TikTok Begins Rolling Out the Ability for Creators to Restrict Videos to Adult Viewers
TechCrunch

Shopify Launches New Subscription Product to Lure Big Retail Clients
Reuters

Social Beauty Pageant: The Contenders That Could Replace Twitter
Media Post

Autonomy CEO Warns Company is in Dire Financial Straits
Business Insider

Lee Enterprises Is Late in Filing Its Annual Report
Media Post

How Mobile App Subscription Monetization Will Evolve in 2023
Forbes

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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!