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Q4 2025: Rising spend and value-driven choices reshape subscriptions

January 30, 2026 | By Rande Price, Research VP – DCN subscriptions

Digital media subscription market holds steady despite higher costs

October 30, 2025 | By Rande Price, Research VP – DCN

Q2 2025 Digital Subscription Tracking Report

August 7, 2025 | By Rande Price, Research VP – DCN

Research

How video streaming services innovate and stay competitive
January 26, 2022 content distribution, M&A, streaming video, video
Research

The consumer complications caused by streaming’s success
January 25, 2022 content discovery, streaming video
Perspectives

Prospering in the increasingly dangerous open programmatic market
January 21, 2022 digital advertising, malware, programmatic, supporter
Research

Publishers focus on scalability and audience growth for 2022
January 18, 2022 audio, M&A, subscriptions
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Strategies to help newsrooms build trust with audiences
January 12, 2022 disinformation, news, trust
Video

Finding success in 2022’s competitive streaming market
December 15, 2021 AVOD, OTT, streaming video, SVOD
Evaluating audience engagement post-pandemic
December 8, 2021 attention, Attention Economy, consumer behavior, consumer engagement, subscriptions
Track reader regularity rates to optimize subscription success
November 24, 2021 engagement, retention, subscriptions
Research

Surveillance advertising isn’t just problematic, it eats publisher profits
November 16, 2021 data, digital advertising
Research

Algorithmic image recognition and “what’s important”
November 9, 2021 algorithmic bias, social platforms
Video

More people are streaming, but how sticky are SVOD services?
November 2, 2021 streaming video, subscriptions, SVOD
Research

Which platforms are “best” for spreading conspiracy theories?
October 27, 2021 disinformation, fake news, social platforms