The Cornell Law Library has recently acquired a subscription to TradeLawGuide, providing students and faculty with enhanced access to WTO law.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 — Racing to solidify its dominant position in children's entertainment on the Internet, the Walt Disney Company said Wednesday that it had acquired a subscription Web site aimed at preteenagers, Club Penguin, in a deal that could total $700 million.
The company also recently acquired Bemobi, a subscription service for premium apps, and VPN service SurfEasy.
Last Tuesday, Haynes' firm acquired Certified Coin Exchange, a subscription-based, dealer-to-dealer Web market for certified coins.
Browser maker Opera today announced that it has acquired Bemobi — a subscription-based mobile-app-discovery service with a focus on the Latin American market.
Barnesandnoble.com and its parent company, Barnes & Noble, said they had acquired a majority stake in enews, an online magazine subscription retailer.
Everyone loves the subscription model, since transaction costs exclude the cost of acquiring a new customer.
Quarterly, which has sent boxes to more than 100,000 subscribers, recently acquired book subscription club BooklyBox to build PageHabit, and will first offer the service in six genres: literary fiction, young adult, fantasy, romance, historical fiction, and mystery.
The streaming service last year acquired exclusive subscription video-on-demand rights to Disney Junior's acclaimed animated series "Doc McStuffins" and "Bunnytown". The new deal also includes more than 20 Disney Channel original movies.
In February, Warner Bros. announced that it would acquire DramaFever, a streaming-video subscription service that specializes in South Korean soap operas and movies.
