• Friday Five - January 6th

    Welcome back to Friday Five, your go-to source for the latest industry trends and news! This week, we talk about The Atlantic’s new dynamic paywall, Amazon ending kindle publishing for periodicals, …
    Jan 6, 2023
  • Friday Five - December 23rd

    Welcome to the last Friday Five of 2022! We’re closing the year with news about Penske Media, Crain Communication, problems at The Washington Post, and Amazon introducing Inspire to its app. Penske …
    Dec 23, 2022
  • Friday Five - December 9th

    Start your weekend off right with the latest issue of Friday Five! In this edition, we review the Washington Post’s new feature “Newsprint”, a partnership between the New England Journal of Medicine …
    Dec 8, 2022
  • Friday Five - November 18th

    Welcome back to Friday Five, your favorite news article for the latest industry trends! This week, we talk about The New York Times’ steady subscription growth to 9.3 million subscribers, a merger …
    Nov 17, 2022
  • Friday Five - November 4th

    Welcome back to Friday Five! In this edition, we cover Apple’s new pricing for subscription offerings, Spotify’s third-quarter subscriber report, book prices rising due to production costs, Meta …
    Nov 3, 2022
  • Friday Five for October 21st

    This Friday Five edition covers Netflix’s new ad-supported subscription plan, the best-selling author Colleen Hoover, UK homes canceling streaming services, Google’s algorithm change hits major news …
    Oct 20, 2022
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