Category: Digital subscription
Sweden’s Nextory subscribers grew 61% YoY in Q1. Finland users double
Currently in seven markets (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and...
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Storytel Q1 streaming revenue and subscriber growth “in line with” forecast, but are the headwinds beginning to be felt?
But it is (just one) example of the sort of headwinds Storytel will increasingly face in the...
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Why Scribd could match Storytel’s international growth were it to get serious
The issue is not if, but when publishers embrace subscription wholesale, and which players they...
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Storytel targets 2.5 million subscribers, $286 million streaming revenue by end 2021
“Today, access to unlimited subscriptions is considered a natural and modern form of “ownership”...
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Storytel launches on schedule in Israel. Third new market of 2021 so far. 25 and counting…
Next in line for Storytel is the Indonesia launch, first projected last year. No timeline for that...
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Nextory confirms Q2 launch in Norway. Partners with Aschehoug
With $26 million in new funding in 2020 we are now seeing the first stages of Nextory’s 2021...
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Wattpad Brand Originals launched as 45% of Wattpad’s Gen Z users say they do not watch traditional TV. Publishers, keep up
For Millennials and Gen Zers … subscription isn’t the New Normal. It’s just normal. Baby-Boomers,...
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Scribd’s quiet Australia launch will have Storytel’s full attention
Fast forward Pandemic Y2 and publishers are more amenable to looking seriously at digital’s untold...
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Streaming giant Storytel acquires key Swedish publisher Lind & Co
While the acquisition price has not been disclosed we can safely say it will barely dent...
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Storytel funding exceeds a quarter billion dollars in 18 months as new $138 million influx announced. US and UK publishers look the other way
“The proceeds will…finance potential future acquisition opportunities in accordance...
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Storytel launches in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Storytel MENA a “catalyst for growth and a greenhouse for opportunities and cooperation in the Arab market”
Storytel recently quietly rolled out its Saudi Arabia and Egypt platforms. Egypt started 2021 with...
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Spotify’s US podcast listeners will bump Apple to No. 2 spot this year. Will publishers look the other way as this huge opportunity unfolds?
Publishers still on the fence about subscription – or worse, still in denial – really need to...
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