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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!

Dana E. Neuts

Sling TV Makes Cutting the Cable Cord Easy – 15 Channels, $20/Month, No Contract

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The disruption of the cable market continues with last week’s launch of Sling TV, Dish Network’s answer to pricey cable bills. Sling TV, an over-the-top (OTT) TV service that delivers television programs directly to consumers over the Internet, is now offering TV subscriptions to its service for as low as $20/month. Sling TV is one of the first players in the OTT market, allowing U.S. consumers to cut the costly cable cord with streaming video. The…

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Comments Will Cost You: Tablet Magazine Now Charges $2 Per Post

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Non-profit Tablet magazine announced last week that it will charge readers $2 to post a comment to any of the site’s stories. Frequent posters can choose to pay monthly for $18 or yearly for $180. The Jewish news and culture publication is imposing the new charge to encourage “civilized and constructive discussion” while deterring anonymous commenters from inappropriate or offensive posts. “We are asking people who’d like to post comments on the site to pay a…

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Subscription Headlines Round-Up

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Wonder what’s going on in the wonderful world of subscription industry? We’ve got you covered. Here are some industry highlights, in case you missed them. NBC News Suspends Brian Williams Without Pay for 6 Months Poynter Netflix Raising $1.5B in Debt to Invest Big in Content Acquisitions And More TechCrunch The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Media Fast Company Review: Why Subscribe to Office When So Much is Free? ABC News Subscription eBook Service Scribd adds 10,000 digital comics Liliputing Apple is…

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SBA Makes Small Business Financing Easier with LINC

Business Strategy, News /

A new opportunity has opened up for subscription start-ups to get working capital for launching or expanding their businesses. Earlier this week the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the launch of LINC – Leveraging Information and Networks to access Capital – a new initiative that will help entrepreneurs find capital for starting or growing their businesses. Here’s how it works. Small business owners fill out a simple, online form with 20 questions. Once the business owner…

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Is 2015 the Year of Over-The-Top TV Subscriptions?

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Last fall CBS and HBO announced they were getting into the over-the-top (OTT) TV business, delivering audio, video and other media directly to consumers over the Internet. CBS and HBO are each offering stand-alone TV subscriptions to engage and retain subscribers. CBS’s product, CBS All Access, offers subscribers video on-demand and live streaming of CBS shows, including 5,000 archived episodes, for $5.99 a month. It will also offer exclusive access to subscribers. In a similar move,…

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4 Digital Success Secrets from Hearst Newspapers

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In an interview with Capital last week, Mark Aldam, president of Hearst Newspapers, shared some of his company’s digital success secrets. For example, the company’s five largest newspapers follow this digital strategy: Optimize the reach of the designated market area (DMA) through custom native, video and rich digital display units. Connect all Hearst owned and earned media, so digital marketers can access a broad reach of target markets with a grand total of 84 million unique visitors. Use…

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Subscription Headlines Round-Up

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We’re just five weeks into the new year, and the headlines are getting hotter and hotter. This week Mitt Romney announced he would not be running for the presidency, Brian Williams was caught “misremembering,” FCC chairman Tom Wheeler shared his vision for net neutrality, and Twitter launched a new video tool. Here are a few more headlines from the subscription industry, in case you missed them: NBC’s Brian Williams Recants Iraq Story After Soldiers Protest Stars and…

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Get 5 Decades of Pop Culture FREE with Rolling Stone Now

Business Strategy, Industry Announcements, Magazines, News, Subscription Apps /

Last Friday Rolling Stone launched Rolling Stone Now, giving rock and roll lovers and pop culture fans unlimited, free access to its breaking news and archived content. In addition to the archives on its main website, the Rolling Stone Now archive is available on Android and iOS phones and tablets from the Google Play Newsstand. The archives include top articles, political reporting, investigative journalism, iconic photos and a Cover Wall featuring magazine covers dating back to…

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Subscription Headlines Round-Up

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While the Northeast was digging out from the blizzard, subscription companies around the globe carried on. Here’s what happened this week in the subscription industry, in case you missed the headlines: NYT Now Offering Free Access During Northeast Blizzard Subscription Content Condé Nast Unveils Branded Content Shop Powered by Editors Wall Street Journal Sundance: Vimeo, Indiegogo Launch Partnership Variety Get to Know Your Audience: 18 Incredibly Useful Market Research Tools Buffer Social Sling TV, Dish’s $20 Web-TV Service, Rolls Out Today. Here’s What It’s…

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4 Digital Media Predictions for 2015

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Are you ready? There are some big changes afoot in the media world as big corporations partner up, new players appear on the scene, and consumers demand more innovation and choice. Here are four digital media trends we think you need to keep tabs on this year: Stiff competition: YouTube must strengthen its competitive advantage to maintain its market share in the streaming video space. In addition to rivals like Vimeo, Netflix and Amazon Prime, YouTube…

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