In this week’s subscription headlines, Sinemia finds a way to reach non-subscribers – through movie ticket discounts, AMI shuts down some of its publications, and the Financial Times acquires a majority interest in The Next Web. Also this week, The Wall Street Journal hires more newsroom staff, NBCUniversal licenses hundreds of movies and TV episodes to Tubi, and BuzzFeed experiments with a printed newspaper in New York City – for a day.
Sinemia Offers Non-Subscribers Movie Ticket Discounts
9to5Mac
AMI Shutters Pubs, Spirited Media Puts Sites Up For Sale
Media Post
Financial Times Acquires Majority Interest in The Next Web
Financial Times
NBCUniversal is Licensing Nearly 400 Movies and TV Episodes to Tubi
Business Insider
The Atlantic’s Shift to Subscriptions is Delayed
Digiday
Google Gives Android Developers New Tools to Make Money from Users Who Don’t Pay
TechCrunch
BuzzFeed Prints Out Newspapers for One Day Only in NYC
NiemanLab
‘The Wall Street Journal’ Boosts Newsroom with New Hires
Media Post