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February 10th, 2011 at 2:16 PM EST | by inu846W
Internet giant Yahoo! announced today that it’s planning to release their own digital newspaper later this year. Livestand will be available to iPad and Android tablets but there has been no mention of pricing. Content will be easy to come by as Yahoo! already has a command of its own sports, news, and finance sources on their website, as well as photos from Flickr. Other publishers will bring more news and features to Livestand eventually.
Livestand will give The Daily some competition but how much remains to be seen and will be decided upon its price and ability to deliver content users are looking for.
As the premier digital media company, we see a clear opportunity to push the boundaries of personalization to deliver intelligent experiences specifically tailored for each individual. This ultra personalized content experience is our vision for Livestand from Yahoo! – a digital newsstand, delivering a wealth of ever-changing content from multiple publishers, continuously programmed by a person’s interests and contexts.
With Livestand from Yahoo!, what you’re reading will be personalized based on your interests, your location and even the time of day. Your experiences, which will begin on tablet form factors, will include intuitive touch interactions and an elegant design that focuses foremost on the content.
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February 9th, 2011 at 1:04 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from barrons.com.
Erik Schonfeld with TechCrunch this morning writes that Apple (AAPL) is seeking to finesse the problem of negotiations over subscriptions for periodicals on the iPad by offering publishers a compromise: the pubs can take subscribers to their own Web sites, but they must also offer users the option of buying straight through iTunes.
Schonfeld, citing industry sources, calls it a “brilliant countermove” by Apple, “knowing full well they [subscribers] will choose iTunes.” Schonfeld also points out that the fear among publishers is not just that Apple ends up with all the valuable billing/contact data for subscribers, but also that iTunes will make it easier for folks to cancel their subscriptions.
Well, if it means a subscription option is really, finally on the horizon for the iPad, bully for that, I say.
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February 3rd, 2011 at 7:04 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from appleinsider.com.
John Ridding, chief executive of the Financial Times, named the iPad among mobile devices driving 20 percent of the paper’s new online subscriptions, noting nearly a half million downloads of his newspaper’s iPad app.
A report by Reuters quoted Ridding as saying, "The rapid emergence of tablet devices is a potentially profound development for publishers."
The Financial Times has erected a paywall on its website that seeks to charge viewers a subscription after reading a set threshold of stories, a business model that has run into resistance from web viewers used to accessing content for free. However, iPad users are increasingly seeking out sources of quality content, and prepared to pay for apps that deliver this. The paper said its iPad app had been downloaded 480,000 times.
Apple is seeking to set up in-app subscription support for newspaper publishers, starting with yesterday’s launch of the Daily with News Corp. It is expected to release iOS 4.3 soon to deliver the technical support for billing users for regular updates.
Newspapers and journalism in general have been battered by emergence of the web, which facilitates widespread distribution with very little revenue in return. Newspaper’s own print advertising has been replaced with banner ads and paid search, a market that is largely owned by Google, which has increasingly lowered the value of content producer’s ad placements as it increasingly becomes the only way to monitize web content.
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February 2nd, 2011 at 4:27 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from appleinsider.com.
News Corporation on Wednesday released The Daily, its new digital newspaper with a full staff of reporters covering worldwide news that, for now, is exclusive to the iPad, and free to try for two weeks. AppleInsider offers a first look at the publication that hopes to become the future of newspapers.
Before downloading The Daily, users must agree to the updated iTunes terms and conditions, which note that the application may request permission to provide personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. Users can, however, choose to opt out of this.
The ability to share personal information of subscribers with advertisers was said to be a major sticking point between Apple and publishers, as the two sides attempted to broker a deal for in-application subscriptions. For now, the details of Apple’s in-app subscriptions remain unknown, as The Daily is the only to offer the service.
Apple’s head of iTunes, Eddy Cue, said on Wednesday that Apple would reveal more information about in-app subscriptions, and make the feature available to other content providers and application makers, in the near future.
When launching The Daily, downloading a new issue requires users to launch the application. It is not automatically delivered through background downloading, as was previously rumored.
Upon launching the application, users are met with an initial loading screen: "A new issue of The Daily. is being delivered." On first launch, the application asks for the ability to access the user’s current location and the ability to send push notifications. Nothing is asked about sharing personal information with advertisers.
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February 2nd, 2011 at 12:04 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from appleinsider.com.
Apple on Wednesday launched a new in-app subscription service on its App Store for the iPhone and iPad, alongside a new daily newspaper for the iPad from News Corporation, dubbed The Daily.
A new "In-App Subscriptions" section was added to the iTunes Terms and Conditions to explain how in-app subscriptions auto-renew, how the auto-renewal can be managed and turned off, and stating to users that Apple may request permission to provide personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. The sharing of information can be declined, which will not affect the purchase.
The subscription feature plays a key part in the new tablet-only newspaper from News Corp., called The Daily. The publication was unveiled Wednesday in New York City by the company’s chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, who said the product aims to capture the "serendipity and surprise" that traditional newspapers offer, but in a digital format on the iPad.
"New times demand new journalism," Murdoch said. The publication will cost 99 cents per week, and the first two weeks are free courtesy of Verizon. News Corp. spent $30 million to prepare the publication for Wednesday’s launch.
For now, the subscription feature is only available from The Daily, though Apple will make an announcement in the near future about recurring subscriptions for other content providers and application makers.
A live demo of The Daily was conducted, showing off features like 360-degree photographs, interactive content, high definition video, and traditional newspaper staples like horoscopes, weather and crossword puzzles.
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February 2nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from macobserver.com.
The New York Times is previewed its News.me iPad news reader app and service on Wednesday. The service will offer a more social network style to presenting the news, and doesn’t have an official launch date yet.
The New York Times intros News.me
News.me will cull articles for display based on articles that are being read by the people you follow on Twitter, along with content from bit.ly links. Tapping bit.ly for content isn’t a surprise since the company helping the NYT build the News.me app and service, betaworks, is also the company that runs the bit.ly URL shortener.
TechCrunch has been testing News.me and said the service has a Flipboard feel. Unlike Flipboard, which is working on an ad-based revenue model, News.me will be sold as a subscription service without ads.
The NYT announcement comes only hours ahead of News Corps’ launch event for The Daily — its iPad-exclusive daily news publication. The Daily is expected to cost subscribers US$0.99 a day and will include original content from its own staff of writers.
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