Subscriptions Keep Consumers From Being Outmoded

New York Times by Damon Darlin | Oct. 11, 2009 (News Analysis)
Everybody's business

Everywhere you look these days, businesses are selling subscriptions. Cable television, Internet and cellphone services are sold that way. So are business software, office printing and car rentals like Zipcars. Full Story »

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 by Oliver Jones - Oct. 11, 2009

This fluffy consumer-oriented piece about the benefits of subscription-based services misses some key issues that it could have covered, like the seller's incentive to seek renewals, and like the challenging revenue recognition issues. One might expect more from a publication like this.

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