Max Drops CNN, Bleacher Report from Ad-Supported Tier: Price Hike Explained

Max removes CNN and Bleacher Report add-ons from its cheapest tier, effectively raising prices.
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Max Drops CNN, Bleacher Report from Ad-Supported Tier: Price Hike Explained
Max is effectively raising the price to get its CNN and Bleacher Report add-ons by removing them from the cheapest tier.                                                   Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge                                                Though Max has always said that it planned to charge more for access to its CNN and Bleacher Report Sports add-ons, the price hikes are coming in a roundabout way, targeted at subscribers of the streamer’s cheapest tier. Max announced today that it no longer intends to charge subscribers of its Standard ($16.99 / month or $169.99 / year) and Premium ($20.99 / month or $209.99 / year) tiers an extra $9.99 a month for CNN Max and Bleacher Reports Sports. The add-ons will be removed from Max’s ad-supported tier ($9.99 / month or $99.99 / year) beginning on March 30th, however, meaning that subscribers will have to move up to more expensive tiers should they want to keep watching live sports and news. As The Hollywood Reporter notes, Max’s decisi…