Weekly Subscription News: Acquisitions, Anime and the App Store

Featuring Oracle, MLB.tv, Highlights, Uber and Rolling Stone

Some weeks the subscription headlines are few and far between, but this was a particularly busy week in the subscription world. In fact, it was hard to choose the best headlines to share. This week, Trump shows his support for Oracle to put in a bid to buy TikTok, ‘Highlights’ magazine launches its first subscription box, just in time for back-to-school, and WarnerMedia wants to sell anime service Crunchyroll for $1.5 billion. Also, Facebook fights Apple on App Store fees, MLB.tv will reportedly have to issue more than $200 million in refunds, due to the pandemic, and Rolling Stone magazine puts up a paywall.

Trump Shows Support for Oracle’s Bid to Buy TikTok in he U.S.
CNBC

Refunds for MLB.tv Will Reportedly Exceed $200 Million This Year
Awful Announcing

‘Highlights’ Launches First Subscription Box as School Nears
Media Post

WarnerMedia Looking to Sell Anime Service Crunchyroll for Reported $1.5 Billion
Tubefilter

Uber Launches Its Pass Subscription Across the U.S., Except California
Venture Beat

FuboTV Takes $100M Hit in Q2 Despite Uptick in Revenue and Subscribers
TV Technology

Facebook Pushes Back Against Apple’s App Store Fees
TechCrunch

Rolling Stone Launches Paywall for Online Content
MXDWN.com

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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!