Tag: subscriptions
Facebook pilot links user profiles with online news subscriptions
Facebook is still figuring out the best ways to promote reliable news on the platform. One of its next tricks might be linking users’ profiles with their news subscriptions. Today, the company revealed that it’s been working with publishers to test a… Source
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SoftBank-backed Fair appoints new CEO: Bradley Stewart, ex-CEO of XOJet
Another chapter is opening up for Fair.com, the car subscription startup backed by hundreds of millions of dollars from SoftBank and others: today the company announced that Bradley Stewart, who had been CEO of aviation startup XOJet from 2013 to 2018 (when it was acquired by Vista Global), is joining…
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YouTube may let news outlets sell subscriptions to their own services
You’re probably used to news outlets on YouTube asking you to subscribe to their channels. Before long, though, they might hawk their own offerings. Digiday sources say YouTube is creating a tool that would let publishers sell subscriptions to their… Source
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New Google Play policies to cut down on ‘fleeceware,’ deepfakes, and unnecessary location tracking
Google is today announcing a series of policy changes aimed at eliminating untrustworthy apps from its Android app marketplace, the Google Play store. The changes are meant to give users more control over how their data is used, tighten subscription policies, and help prevent deceptive apps and media — including…
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Over 30K creators joined Patreon this month, as COVID-19 outbreak spreads
Creative professionals whose livelihoods have been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak are flocking to membership platform Patreon in record numbers, the company claims. During the first three weeks of March, more than 30,000 new creators launched on the site — a much larger number than usual. These creators are also…
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Extra Crunch Anniversary: 9 lessons from building a media subscription product
Last year we embarked on a mission to democratize information for startups, and today we are celebrating the one-year anniversary of our membership program, Extra Crunch. Since launching Extra Crunch, we’ve published more than 1,000 articles, onboarded a few new hires, overhauled our technical infrastructure, expanded into five new European…
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