Public hunger for and financial support of news reporting has skyrocketed, as evidenced by growing subscription numbers (a.k.a. the "Trump bump").
It's seemingly a sensible partnership in a growing subscription economy.
Armstrong also noted that AOL's branded services were going to be "simplified" in the aim of growing subscription revenues.
While these models tend to look expensive early on (high marketing, product development costs), the smart companies know that building a base early will pay dividends (perhaps literally) thanks to predictable, repeatable, growing subscription revenue.
The company reported a quickly growing subscription business for its paid products, Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium, which brought in $125.8 million in Q3 – a figure that's up 49percentt year-over-year.
The broad increases in consumer spending on these video apps is yet another example of the significant and growing subscription business — much of which is taking place on mobile.
For its news and information properties, company managers outlined a strategy centered around growing subscription revenue, which they believe will offset declines in advertising revenue.
Daisy -- the new name for the reconfigured MOG, which Beats acquired in 2012 -- will enter a crowded yet rapidly growing subscription service market, competing with Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody and more.
Revenue is growing, subscriptions are booming, the industry is attracting high-class talent, and automobile manufacturers are putting satellite radio receivers in millions of cars.
The funding will be used to grow subscriptions, and to develop content delivery and management services.
