This Week’s Subscription Headlines: Fines, Free Content & FilmStruck

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In this week’s subscription news headlines, Fortune’s Mathew Ingram says sticking with print would not have helped newspapers avoid death, the FCC hits Comcast with a hefty $2.3 million fine for charging customers for equipment they didn’t ask for through “negative option billing,” and Forbes debates whether a subscription economy or a sharing economy has more potential. In addition, we’ve got headlines featuring Apple, Turner Movies and Electric Objects.

FCC slaps Comcast with $2.3 million fine, its biggest ever for a cable company
Digital Trends

EU Has Outlawed Network-wide Ad Blocking: Will Advertisers & Ad Techs Carry on Regardless?
Exchange Wire

Free? Don’t Kid Yourself – How Publishers Have Gotten Smart about Paid Content
Media Post: Publishers Daily

Google May Be Stealing Your Mobile Traffic
Alex Kras

Why Apple Needs a Subscription Plan
Bloomberg

Netflix vs. Uber: Does the Subscription or Sharing Economy Have More Potential?
Forbes

Turner Delays Launch of FilmStruck Movie-Subscription Service
Yahoo! Movies

Sticking with Print Would Not Have Helped Newspapers Avoid Death
Fortune

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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!