Weekly Subscription News: Refills, Revenue and Raising Prices

Featuring YouTube, Dungeons & Dragons, Strava and HBO Max

This week’s subscription news headlines feature the refill economy, creator revenue opportunities and unexpected price increases. In a sudden announcement, The Mail Tribune, a Medford, Oregon-based newspaper that is more than a century old, announced it was shutting down on January 13. Also, YouTube is allowing creators to earn Shorts ad revenue on February 1, if they agree to new terms; Dungeons & Dragons players cancel their subscriptions after an insider leak; and Strava raises its prices but you can’t tell how much it costs anymore. We’ve got those headlines and more in this week’s subscription round-up.

Oregon Paper Closing After More Than a Century of Publishing
Associated Press

YouTube Creators Can Earn Shorts Ad Revenue on Feb. 1 with New Terms
Tubefilter

Will the Refill Economy Be the Sequel to the Buy Local Movement?
PYMNTS

D&D Players Cancel Subscriptions En Masse After Insider Leak, Crash Servers
GameRant

Strava Raises Prices But Can’t Tell You How Much It Costs Anymore
DC Rainmaker

Payments Churn Innovator Butter Raises $22M in Funding
FinTech Magazine

Cancel All Those Subscriptions You Don’t Need with This Hidden Smartphone Feature
CNET

Axios Launches Centralized News Hub
Axios

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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!