Weekly Subscription News Round-up for Feb. 12

Year-end financials are beginning to roll out, so there is a lot of subscription news in this week’s headlines. In addition, Wired is offering

Year-end financials are beginning to roll out, so there is a lot of subscription news in this week’s headlines. In addition, Wired is offering a subscription option to users of ad blockers, HBO Now is seeing some growth less than a year in, and you can subscribe to an “all you can download” apps subscription club. Here are those headlines for a bit of pre-weekend reading!

Wired is Launching an Ad-Free Website to Appease Ad Blockers
Bloomberg Business

Microsoft Delivers Solid Performance for FY16 Q2
Subscription Insider

HBO Now Has 800,000 Paying Subscribers Since April Launch
Tulsa World

The Key Drivers for SaaS Success
For Entrepreneurs

Forbes Guarantees Its Native Ads Will Work
Digiday

The Guardian Announces 3-Year Plan to Cut Costs by 20%
Subscription Insider

Viacom’s Stock Plunges 20% as Subscription Growth Slows
Trefis

Google AMP to Support Both Paywalls & Subscriptions
The SEM Post

Making Every Site One-Click to Checkout
PYMTS.com

Opera Apps Club Launches Globally: “All You Can Download” Subscription Service
Android Authority

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Have a great weekend,

The Subscription Insider Team

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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!