January 6, 2017

This Week’s Subscription News Headlines: Doom and Disruption

The new year started out slow in terms of subscription and membership news, but it is back in full swing, less than a week in. In this week’s subscription news headlines, iHeartRadio and Napster team up, the feds say Equifax tricked customers into recurring revenue payments, and Apple pulls its New York Times app in China. In addition, we share articles on being successful in the subscription economy, OTT in 2016 and why PC Magazine thinks that LinkedIn is doomed under Microsoft.

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Medium Makes More Major Changes to Its Online Publishing Model

On Wednesday, Medium founder and CEO Ev Williams announced major changes to Medium’s business model in a blog post titled “Renewing Medium’s Focus.” In the post, Williams outlines the background that led to the decision to shift course in 2017. Among the changes will be butting 50 jobs and closing its New York and Washington, D.C. offices. More importantly, a reimagined Medium also means the elimination of its native advertising model which has provided revenue for two dozen or so publishers now in beta, says Politico.

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