9 Best Articles in 2021
Nieman Lab
One subscriber or 48,000 pageviews: Why every journalist should know the “unit economics” of their content »…
Nieman Lab
10 min read · From 2019
CNN
Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply
CNN
2 min read · 2020-07-23 · Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday. The move comes as Twitter suffers a sharp…
startupresources.io
The $0 Subscription Startup Stack
startupresources.io
~18 min read · From 2017 · Want to run your startup without lots of SaaS subscription fees? Read this.
Twitter
Introducing Twitter Blue - Twitter’s first-ever subscription offering
Twitter
2 min read · Jun 3rd · Introducing Twitter Blue - Twitter’s first-ever subscription offering.
The Verge
Twitter might build a paid subscription service for power users
The Verge
3 min read · From 2017 · Twitter is considering offering a paid subscription to power users, including brands and news organizations, The Verge has confirmed. Twitter users today began tweeting screenshots of the survey...
Vox
The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program
Vox
20+ min read · From 2019 · An oral history of the subscription service that changed online shopping forever.
The Washington Post
Everything’s becoming a subscription, and the pandemic is partly to blame
The Washington Post
Jun 1st · There’s a subscription for about everything now: delivery services, socks, razors, gyms, streaming services and even restaurants and car washes. It’s bringing convenience -- and a lot of monthly fees.
Bloomberg
Apple Is Planning to Launch a News Subscription Service
Bloomberg
4 min read · From 2018 · Apple Inc. plans to integrate recently acquired magazine app Texture into Apple News and debut its own premium subscription offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The move is part of…
The Wall Street Journal
Publishers Chafe at Apple’s Terms for Subscription News Service
The Wall Street Journal
1 min read · From 2019 · Apple’s plan to create a subscription service for news is running into resistance from major publishers who are balking at proposed financial terms.
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apple.com
1 min read · Nov 10th · The easiest way for small businesses to manage Apple devices. It’s one flexible subscription that delivers complete management, support, and storage.
The Verge
Twitter will now let you pay to undo tweets and read ad-free news in the US
The Verge
3 min read · Nov 9th · They’re included in the Twitter Blue subscription service.
Forbes
Apple Quietly Buying Ads Via Google For High-Value Subscription Apps To Capture App Publisher Revenue
Forbes
4 min read · Nov 12th · The cost: potentially millions of dollars in lost revenue. Plus, high advertising costs for their own campaigns. It’s a form of ad arbitrage, they say, and it’s been going on for at least two years.
Social Media Today
Twitter Adds New Features to its Twitter Blue Subscription Service as it Looks to Broader Launch
Social Media Today
3 min read · Oct 12th · Twitter's subscription offering, which provides additional tweet options, looks as though it's being prepared for the next stage.
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Vox
How subscriptions took over our lives
Vox
9 min read · Apr 29th · There are too many streaming platforms, but we might never reach overall "subscription fatigue."
opensubscriptionplatforms.com
Open Subscription Platforms
opensubscriptionplatforms.com
2020-12-28 · A shared movement for independent subscription data.
The New York Times
How the Internet Is Saving Culture, Not Killing It
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2017 · There has been huge growth in digital subscription services, and they are revolutionizing every cultural industry.
media.consensys.net
Subscription Services on the Blockchain: ERC-948
media.consensys.net
8 min read · From 2018 · Learn more about the groundbreaking token protocol proposal designed to connect subscription businesses with consumers
Benedict Evans
Apple Plus - brand versus subscription
Benedict Evans
4 min read · From 2019 · We expected a TV event and got a subscription event - news & magazines, games, a credit card and Oprah. There are plenty of questions one could ask (especially on TV, where we still don’t know the…
TechCrunch
Medium plans to launch a consumer subscription product this quarter…
TechCrunch
3 min read · From 2017 · Medium CEO Ev Williams announced today at Upfront Summit that his company will launch a consumer subscription product, with the first version coming this quarter. This could help Medium make more…
medium.com
Why we’re switching Ulysses to Subscription
medium.com
~15 min read · From 2017 · Today, we are switching Ulysses to a subscription model. The short story is this (tl;dr): Our users expect a continuously evolving high…
Frederic Filloux
How Facebook and Google could disrupt the subscription model for news
Frederic Filloux
6 min read · From 2017
The Verge
Twitter is buying Scroll, the subscription service that removes ads from news sites
The Verge
3 min read · May 4th · What kind of subscription service is Twitter building, anyway?
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