International expansion back on the agenda at Storytel. Will it now follow the BookBeat model, only bigger and better?
For the first time since February I’m feeling optimistic about Storytel again – MW When...
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Tag: Digital books subscription
KKR’s barely noticed RBMedia-BookBeat deal has broader meaning for the global audiobook markets
“A level playing field for Nextory CEO Shadi Bitar and BookBeat CEO Niclas Sandin to club one...
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Storytel streaming revenue hits $74 million in Q1, tops 2 million subscribers, but few signs for optimism globally
Unless a major opportunity to enter a mature market comes along akin to the Audiobooks.com...
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Acquisition drives Nextory’s explosive percentage growth, but real numbers remain as elusive as ever
The Q1, Q2 and Q3 Nextory reports told of increases of 61%, 58% and 68% respectively, or an...
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Expect a price war in Norway’s streaming market as BookBeat finally launches, with more countries promised
BookBeat CEO Niclas Sandin, for all his bold ambitions and aspirations, has his hands tied by...
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ViaComCBS hits 47 million subscribers, $1 billion quarterly revenue. Publishers look the other way
Publishers should appreciate something Amazon has long since shown to be true: that the consumer...
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Amazon-owned Audible rolls out unlimited subscription in 6th market, India… and counting
The concern for publishers should be that at some point Amazon will simply shift all its markets...
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BookBeat Q3 subscribers up 47% percent. Revenue up 39% Q1-Q3. Targets 600,000 paying users by end 2021
“We saw strong growth before the pandemic, we saw strong growth during the pandemic and now...
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Amazon-owned Audible’s unlimited subscription now in five markets. And counting…
But can anyone seriously imagine PRH taking the moral high ground and pulling its titles when (not...
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Amazon’s inexorable shift to unlimited subscription is creeping up on complacent publishers looking the other way
The slippery slope has been greased. Audible Plus US and UK are going to outperform the regular...
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BookBeat Q1 revenue up 45% YOY. Subscribers up 66%. The runaway digital subscription train shows no sign of slowing
“We have never experienced such a high influx of new users at the beginning of a year as in 2021”...
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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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