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MoviePass Adding High-Demand Pricing To The Mix
June 22, 2018

MoviePass, the movie theater subscription service, is changing its pricing — the company is adding “high-demand” pricing to the mix. Business Insider, citing MoviePass chief executive Mitch Lowe, reported that in the coming weeks, users will pay an extra $2 for movies that are popular...

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MoviePass Expects To Hit 5M Subscribers By End Of 2018
June 14, 2018

MoviePass announced that it has exceeded 3 million paying subscribers and expects to hit 5 million subscribers by the end of the year. According to Variety, the subscription service, which allows customers to watch a movie a day for less than $10 a month, said...

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Subscription Sign-Up Times Dropped By 5 Percent in Q1
May 23, 2018

Subscription services cover a wide range of offerings from entertainment to office productivity software, but merchants still have to attract users to their platforms. Services can offer a faster sign-up process, for example, to help facilitate conversions. Overall, subscription sites made headway on making sign-ups...

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MoviePass Parent Company Stock Hits New Low
May 23, 2018

As the future of MoviePass remains shaky, its parent company’s stocks are suffering. On Tuesday (May 22) shares of Helios and Matheson were down over 12 percent to an all-time low of $0.53. Earlier this month, the company lost nearly half of its remaining value as...

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MoviePass Has Enough Cash To Thrive
May 14, 2018

MoviePass’ stock has been under severe pressure recently as investors worry about a cash crunch at the company. But Ted Farnsworth, head of Helios & Matheson Analytics, the parent company of MoviePass, said the subscription service has enough cash to survive and thrive. In an...

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Lyft All-Access Subscription Plan Has Waitlist
May 10, 2018

Expanding upon its experimental All-Access plan, Lyft is rolling out the subscription service to another set of riders. As of Wednesday (May 9), TechCrunch reported that the company was gearing up to give select users an opportunity to join a waitlist for the plan. A...

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MoviePass Parent Stock Tanks (Again)
May 10, 2018

MoviePass parent Helios & Matheson, which owns the movie service MoviePass, lost nearly half of its remaining value on Wednesday (May 9) as its stocks continue to fall. This latest plummet comes after the company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday (May 8) that it has...

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Subscription Services Tackle The Costly Problem Of Surplus Groceries
May 03, 2018

When food approaches its “best by” date, grocers are faced with a dilemma: What to do with food that is good but may expire before they can sell it? Josh Domingues thinks the answer is to sell those items at a discount through a dedicated...

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MoviePass Brings Back Popular Monthly Subscription Plan
May 02, 2018

MoviePass, which briefly removed its movie-a-day monthly subscription from its website, will start allowing customers to sign up for it again. Variety, citing MoviePass Chief Executive Mitch Lowe, reported the company never intended to give up on its popular plan, in which customers can access...