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NEWS ABOUT: subscription

subscription stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - With ad dollars drying up, some magazines are offering rock-bottom subscription prices to boost circulation and build their brands. Advertising Age looks at the cheapest bets:
  • Parents: The least expensive subscription found, at 33¢ an issue.
  • TV Guide: A steal at 36¢ an issue.
  • Yachting: Just because
... More »

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Seventeen magazine • subscription • print advertising • magazine industry • publishing industry • Paula Deen • New York magazine • TV Guide • Wine Spectator • Cooking With Paula Deen • FLEX • Cigar Aficionado • Garden & Gun • Science Illustrated • Yachting magazine • Parents magazine

OPINION

Dirt-Cheap Netbooks Might Save Media Industry

Paying for content, not hardware, is the key

Jun 9, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - There might be hope yet for the media industry, “because the tech industry is screwed too,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age. With light, cheap netbooks squeezing the profit out of the hardware, makers are partnering with media providers (ie, Acer selling netbooks for $100, plus 2-year AT&... More »

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media • paid content • Acer • subscription • AT&T • Netbooks • Asus • newspaper industry • digital content

ANALYSIS

One-Stop Web Portal Thinks It Can Save Newspapers 

Group thinks consumers will be willing to pay for one-stop web portal

Apr 15, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A web portal planned by some top media execs may be the way forward for beleagured newspapers. Journalism Online would act as a “one-stop shop” for pay content, writes Nate Anderson for Ars Technica. Consumers could buy subscriptions to many newspapers at low prices, and with a sliding scale... More »

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newspaper • online media • online advertising • journalism • subscription • consumers • Steven Brill • Journalism Online

(Newser) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt's proposed model for online newspapers calls for a cable TV-like approach to subscription content, with tiers like free, basic, and premium. His ideas not only come too late, but they're “deeply flawed,” Douglas A. McIntyre writes for 24/7 Wall Street. And "even if... More »

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Google • New York Times • advertising • cable TV • subscription • online newspapers • newspaper industry • free news

(Newser) - Newsday will buck an industry trend by charging people to read it online, Reuters reports. The newspaper's owner, Cablevision, says it will "end the distribution of free Web content," though it didn't specify when. In the US, the Wall Street Journal is the only major paper currently sticking... More »

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Internet • Wall Street Journal • Newsday • subscription • online newspapers • newspaper industry

 Trib Goes Tabloid on Weekdays 

Newspaper will be smaller on newsstands, remain broadsheet for home deliveries

Jan 13, 09 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Chicago Tribune is changing its street-sale format from broadsheet to tabloid beginning next week, the newspaper reports. The move, which will affect weekday retail editions but not subscription copies, puts the paper in direct competition with its rival, the Chicago Sun-Times, which has long published in the format. The... More »

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newspaper • Chicago • Tribune Company • tabloids • retail sales • subscription • Chicago Sun Times • Chicago Tribune • commuters • broadsheet

ANALYSIS

AT&T Layoffs Just the Beginning of Telecom Pain

Reduced consumer spending will result in cycles of layoffs and decreased capital expenditure

Dec 5, 08 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T’s elimination of 12,000 jobs is just the beginning of cutbacks that will radiate throughout the telecom industry, BusinessWeek reports. As pinched consumers cut back on communication spending, job and capital-expenditure reductions will only continue. One surprising statistic shows how consumers are downsizing telecom budgets: The fastest-growing... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • telecom • subscription • revenue • AT&T • financial crisis

New Service
Is Like Netflix
for Magazines

Maghound will give subscribers more choice, flexibility

Jul 5, 08 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Subscribing to a magazine was once a 1-year commitment, but Time Inc.’s Maghound is changing that, reports Folio. The Netflix-like service launching this fall offers “flexibility, choice, control and personalization,” says Maghound's president. The service allows customers to swap subscriptions at any time, liberating readers from... More »

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online retailers • magazine • subscribers • subscription • magazine industry • magazine publishing • Maghound • Dave Ventresca

Microsoft Will Sell Office
By $70 Subscription

Annual fee aims to bring penny-pinchers, pirates into fold; includes software updates

Jul 2, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft will start selling its Office software package on a subscription model in mid-July, the AP reports. Instead of paying around $200 for Office, consumers can pay $70 a year, with no additional cost for new versions. In addition to the Office programs, the subscription bundle—named “Equipt”—... More »

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Microsoft • software • subscription • Microsoft Office • computer security • productivity applications • business models

Microsoft Weighs Subscription Model for Office

Firm's core apps face Google competition

Apr 18, 08 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft is considering introducing a subscription-based business model for its Office suite of applications in the US, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm said it was launching a beta testing program, “Albany,” and expected to make the subscription generally available by the end of 2008. Microsoft’s... More »

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Google • Microsoft • software • subscription • Microsoft Office • emerging markets • Microsoft Excel

10 Ways Smart People Are Stupid About Money

Wise up and hand on to your hard-earned cash

Sep 6, 07 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hey, smarty. You went to an Ivy League school and you have a respectable job, so why are you broke? The Consumerist points out 10 money-suckers that plague otherwise intelligent people:
  1. Paying your bills late
  2. Overdrafting and ATM fees
  3. Traffic and parking tickets
More »

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list • money • ticket • bills • membership • subscription

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