Subscriptions

1st December 2011

Financial Times sees content beating print ads

The FT expects print advertising revenues to be overtaken by subscription and cover price sales for the first time this year (Reuters)
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21st October 2011

New York Times digital subscribers up 40,000

NYT has 324,000 readers paying for online content following strong summer, while its publisher posts healthy Q3 profit (Guardian)
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4th October 2011

Rupert Murdoch's the Daily has 80,000 paying subscribers

iPad newspaper attracts just a sixth of the number News Corp chief said it needs to break even (Guardian)
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4th August 2011

Financial Times Grows Paid Digital Subs 34 Percent in First Half 2011

The Financial Times continues to reap positive benefits from its paid collection model (Folio)
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25th May 2011

Playboy Launches Web-Based Digital Subscription Service

iPlayboy sub service is optimized for iPad, uses iPad functions. (Source: Folio)
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26th April 2011

NYT announces 100,000 online subs... but no future clarity yet

The New York Times has revealed "sign-up" numbers for its new online model launched on March 28th. (Source: Newsline)
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30th March 2011

News International says paid-for digital subscriptions are up 60 percent

Readers paying for its digital Times and Sunday Times products has risen 60 per cent in the last four months. (Source: City AM)
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16th February 2011

Apple launches subscription service for magazines, newspapers and music

Apple will keep 30% of revenue from subscriptions bought through its App Store
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8th December 2010

Apple won't turn over subscriber credit card data to magazines

A number of magazine publishers are now in a war of words with Apple over the computer giant's refusal to turn over personal information (Source: CreditNet)
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10th November 2010

Amazon gives magazine publishers larger Kindle revenue share (US)

Amazon will offer periodical publishers up to 70 per cent from sales for the Kindle (Source: MacWorld)
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