This Week’s Subscription Headlines: Ad Blockers, SaaS, Streaming Games & More

Here are some of our favorite subscription headlines of the week, covering everything from Facebook chatbots sending subscription-based messages and Microsoft entering the live

Subscription News: This Week’s Subscription Headlines: Ad Blockers — Source: Bigstock Images and Subscription Insider

Here are some of our favorite subscription headlines of the week, covering everything from Facebook chatbots sending subscription-based messages and Microsoft entering the live streaming game space to Pandora’s need to look beyond music and the inevitable paywall coming to Vermont newspapers. We’ve got those headlines and more right here, so you can keep your place as a Subscription Insider while keeping an eye on the Rio Olympic games!

Facebook Now Lets Chatbots Send Promotions & Subscription-Based Messages
Venture Beat

Pandora Looks Beyond Music for Subscription Success and Sustainability
Subscription Insider

Microsoft Makes Its Way into the Live Streaming Game Space
Business Insider

REVRY Seeks Niche as a Subscription Video Service Stocked with LGBT Content
Tubefilter

Which Subscription-based Payment Model is Right for Your Business?
Multichannel Merchant

Combatting Ad-Blocking with Authentic Consumer Content
Media Post: Marketing CPG

Why the SaaS Business Model Has Been Bad for Marketing
Ad Age

Walmart Buys Jet.com for $3 Billion, Expanding Its E-commerce Empire
Subscription Insider

Subscription Economy Moving from Magazines to Brands
Mumbrella

Brower: Paywall Coming Upon Purchase of Vermont Newspapers
Maine Public Broadcasting

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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!