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Subscription Challenges Await Iger as Former CEO Returns to Disney’s Helm
Subscription Challenges Await Iger as Former CEO Returns to Disney’s Helm
November 21, 2022  |  Subscriptions

While investors cheered Robert Iger’s return as Disney’s CEO, challenges at the company’s streaming media division will be front and center thanks to new competition...

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Streaming Subscriptions From Apple, Samsung and Xbox Will Test Cancel Trend
Streaming Subscriptions From Apple, Samsung and Xbox Will Test Cancel Trend
November 17, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Amid a broader trend of consumers trimming retail box subscriptions, streaming entertainment looks to be a defiant holdout. Not only has it held onto the...

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YouTube Will Delve Deeper Into Social Commerce
YouTube Will Delve Deeper Into Social Commerce
November 15, 2022  |  Social Commerce

YouTube will deepen its investment in shopping programs next year as the video platform looks to capture a growing social selling market. That’s according to...

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Spotify Rolls Out Payment Options With Google
Spotify Rolls Out Payment Options With Google
November 13, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Spotify and Google have begun testing user choice billing (UCB), a tool that lets users of the audio streaming platform subscribe and make purchases with...

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Layoffs Loom at Disney as Company Looks to Cut Costs
Layoffs Loom at Disney as Company Looks to Cut Costs
November 13, 2022  |  Streaming

Disney will likely lay off employees as the entertainment goliath embarks on a cost-trimming project, part of a wave of job cuts hitting the media...

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Disney Looks to ’24 for Profits from Streaming Service
Disney Looks to ’24 for Profits from Streaming Service
November 08, 2022  |  Streaming

Disney+ has boosted its number of paid subscribers by 20% in the United States and Canada and by 57% internationally over the last year, The...

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Amazon Leans on Perks as Walmart Pushes Value in Bid to Boost Membership
Amazon Leans on Perks as Walmart Pushes Value in Bid to Boost Membership
November 02, 2022  |  Retail

Leveraging the deep engagement of streaming entertainment to make their core commerce platforms stickier, Amazon Prime and Walmart+ are taking different routes to the same...

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Studios Line up for Piece of Ad-Supported Netflix
Studios Line up for Piece of Ad-Supported Netflix
November 02, 2022  |  Streaming

As Netflix prepares to launch the ad-supported version of its services, Hollywood studios have begun negotiating with the company for more revenue for the right...

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Disney+ Bundles Early Access to Branded Products With Streaming Service
Disney+ Bundles Early Access to Branded Products With Streaming Service
November 01, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Disney is offering American subscribers to its Disney+ streaming service early access to merchandise, letting them shop for products a week ahead of the public....

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