Weekly Subscription News: Comments, Conversions and Clampdowns

Featuring Gannett, Netflix, Lionsgate and Game Boy

Comments, conversions and clampdowns are among this week’s top subscription news stories. Gannett ends online comments for most of its news sites, German publishers are successfully converting subscribers from print to digital, and viewers gripe about Netflix’s clampdown on password sharing. Also, Facebook is fined $1 million for misconduct in litigation over Cambridge Analytica, and Game Boy games make Nintendo Switch online feel like the ultimate retro subscription, says The Verge!

Lionsgate Loses 200K Starz Subscribers but TV & Film Boost Revenue to $1B
Fierce Video

How German Publishers Are Successfully Converting Subscribers from Print to Digital
What’s New in Publishing

Netflix Users Vent Over Password-Sharing Clampdown
Business Insider

Gannett Ends Online Comments for Majority of Its News Sites
Poynter

Facebook Hit with $1M Fine for Misconduct in Litigation over Cambridge Analytica
Media Post

Game Boy Games Make Nintendo Switch Online Feel Like the Ultimate Retro Subscription
The Verge

Men’s Journal Publishes Serious Errors in First AI-Generated Health Article
Neoscope

YouTube Is Selling Its Masthead One Hour at a Time
Tubefilter

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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!