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Weekly Subscription News: Merger Talks, Job Cuts and Pandemic Dating
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Kathleen Greenler Sexton --- Subscription Expert Kathleen Greenler Sexton --- Subscription Expert
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Saturday, April 3, 2021

 

Making the subscription news headlines this week are merger talks, advertising platforms, job cuts and the weirdness of pandemic dating. Vice Media Group is in merger talks as it prepares for a possible IPO, Bloomberg Media is developing its own advertising platform ‘Bloomberg Iris,’ and Spotify buys Betty Labs, betting big on live audio app Locker Room.

Also this week, LinkedIn reveals it is working on a Clubhouse rival, Tinder reveals pandemic dating data that shows dating during COVID is even weirder than regular dating, and YouTube experiments with hiding ‘dislike’ counts to support the well-being of creators.

Vice Media Group in Merger Talks, in Pursuit of IPO
Media Post

Amazon Expects Some Employees to Return to Office This Summer
CNBC

Bloomberg Media Is Developing Its Own Advertising Platform
Ad Age

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McClatchy Is Outsourcing Page Design and Typesetting, Cutting At Least 26 Jobs
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Tinder Data Shows Pandemic Dating Was Even Weirder Than Regular Dating
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