This Week’s Subscription News: Apple, Amazon, Accenture and Al Jazeera

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In this week’s subscription news round-up, Conde Nast employees are anticipating ‘heavy’ cuts to editorial and business teams as the company’s restructuring continues, and News UK gets creative to find funding sources, inviting six companies to its incubator program to help identify revenue streams. Also this week, we’re reading about DirecTV getting hit with a $15 million bill due to some questionable tax reporting, Facebook trying to monetize its WhatsApp messaging app, and Apple biting into market share with its Accenture deal. We’ve got those headlines and more to kick off your weekend.

Amazon is Quietly Building a Digital Advertising Powerhouse
Quartz

DirecTV Dealt a Nearly $15 Million Setback by the South Carolina Court of Appeals
Post and Courier

Apple Takes Another Step into Microsoft’s Core Territory with Accenture Deal
CNBC

Conde Nast Employees Brace for Yet Another Reorganization
WWD

Al Jazeera’s English Site Removes Comments Section
MediaPost

Colorado Springs Restaurant Offers Monthly Subscription for Chef-Prepared Meals
The Gazette

Facebook Tees Up WhatsApp to Make Money
Wall Street Journal

News UK Looks to Startups to Unearth New Sources of Revenue
The Drum

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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!