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Weekly Subscription News: Gaming Growth, TikTok Competition and Publishing Partnerships
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Kathleen Greenler Sexton --- Subscription Expert Kathleen Greenler Sexton --- Subscription Expert
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Dateline: Boston, MA
Saturday, September 19, 2020

 

Gaming growth, TikTok competitors, and publishing partnerships dominate the subscription headlines this week. Nintendo Switch Online has added 11 million new subscribers since January, YouTube launches a beta test of ‘Shorts,’ a TikTok competitor, and The Washington Post and the Financial Times create a joint digital subscription to attract subscribers. Also, Amazon unveils a Kids+ subscription service with new content and an announcement feature, The Athletic hits the 1 million subscriber milestone despite the sports shutdown, and The Economist has tripled the number of subscribers driven by LinkedIn.

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