Weekly Subscription News: Data, Deals and Disney Plus

Featuring MeWe, Snopes, Apple, Forbes and Hulu

We hope you and your families are all enjoying the holidays. We took the Christmas holiday off but are back at work to update you on the latest subscription news. This week, Apple has a (not so) secret team looking at satellites to bring data to mobile devices, Snopes is launching a membership program to upgrade its site and expand its staff, and Amazons Alexa is popular but not terribly profitable. Also this week, MeWe launches premium features, Forbes accepts payments via Ethereum cryptocurrency for its articles, and Hulu is offering a new ad format to reward binge watching.

Subscription-Based Social Network MeWe Launches Premium Features and a Business Product
TechCrunch

Apple TV+ Looks to Score Big College Sports Deal and MGM Content, Reports WSJ
Cult of Mac

Snopes Launches Membership Program to Expand Staff, Upgrade Site
Publishers Daily

Amazon’s Alexa Is Everywhere but Revenue Is Elusive
TheStreet

Forbes Starts to Accept Payments in Ethereum for Articles
Tokenhell

Survey: Disney+ Lures 1 Million Subscriptions from Netflix
Texarkana Gazette

Apple Has Secret Team Working on Satellites to Beam Data to Devices
Bloomberg

Hulu Launches Ad Format to ‘Reward’ Binge Watching
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!