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New York Times Ends Apple News Partnership
Apple // June 30, 2020

The New York Times (NYT) has ended its relationship with Apple News, citing a need to go another way to hopefully glean more traffic on its own website, the paper reported. NYT CEO Meredith Kopit Levien wrote in an email to employees that the company...

Google Looks To Publishers To Start Rival To Apple News
Google // February 16, 2020

Google might launch its own news aggregation service as a way to compete with rival Apple News+. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google has been discussing the issue with several publishers, talking about paying a license fee to use content in an upcoming project....

Apple News+ Subscriptions Have Sputtered Since Launch
Apple // November 14, 2019

Apple News+, the tech giant’s paid news service, has failed to add new subscribers since it launched in March, according to CNBC. The service attracted about 200,000 subscriptions in the 48 hours after it launched, but the number has stayed at that level since then....

Chip Concerns And Low iPhone Demand Send Apple Stocks Down $64B
Apple // April 25, 2018

Concerns over low iPhone demand continue to plague Apple, with the company’s shares cumulatively down 7.1 percent in the three trading sessions through Monday (April 23). According to USA Today, $63.9 billion of shareholder value was wiped out as a result of the decline, which...

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Apple’s 1 Billion Subscribers Show Power of Ecosystems Driving Customer Loyalty

August 16, 2023
Retail subscription commerce has become increasingly popular, with more consumers asking for easier ways to seek out new content and services in a curated environment. And there’s data to back it up. The average consumer spent $273 monthly on subscriptions in 2021, up from $237 in 2018 — a 15% increase, according to the “Subscription Commerce […]

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New York Times Ends Apple News Partnership

June 30, 2020
The New York Times (NYT) has ended its relationship with Apple News, citing a need to go another way to hopefully glean more traffic on its own website, the paper reported. NYT CEO Meredith Kopit Levien wrote in an email to employees that the company was looking for “a direct path for sending those readers […]

Google Looks To Publishers To Start Rival To Apple News

February 16, 2020
Google might launch its own news aggregation service as a way to compete with rival Apple News+. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google has been discussing the issue with...

Apple News+ Subscriptions Have Sputtered Since Launch

November 14, 2019
Apple News+, the tech giant’s paid news service, has failed to add new subscribers since it launched in March, according to CNBC. The service attracted about 200,000 subscriptions in the...

Chip Concerns And Low iPhone Demand Send Apple Stocks Down $64B

April 25, 2018
Concerns over low iPhone demand continue to plague Apple, with the company’s shares cumulatively down 7.1 percent in the three trading sessions through Monday (April 23). According to USA Today,...