Apple Unveils $9.99 News Subscription Service Dubbed Apple News+ (variety.com) 76
Apple today unveiled a news subscription service called Apple News+ at its services event in Cupertino, Calif. The $9.99 service gives paying subscribers access to over 300 magazines as well as select newspapers and premium digital news services. From a report: "We believe in the power of journalism and the impact it will have on your lives," said Apple CEO Tim Cook. Some of the magazines part of the service are including GQ, Esquire, Popular Science, The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, New York Magazine and Vogue, as well as Variety and the Rolling Stone. Newspapers included in the package are the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. Digital publications include theSkimm, TechCrunch and The Highlight by Vox. For now, it is available just in the U.S., and come to three more markets -- Canada, Australia, and the U.K., later this year.
Information vs News (Score:3)
What's the difference between information and news, from the standpoint of a technology company like Apple, and why?
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What's the difference between information and news, from the standpoint of a technology company like Apple, and why?
Information:
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News. (broke 25 minutes ago at the time of writing according to Google News):
Mueller told Justice Dept. three weeks ago he wouldn't reach a conclusion on obstruction.
Difference is strength of link to reality (Score:2)
What's the difference between information and news, from the standpoint of a technology company like Apple, and why?
That's easy - News is by and large fantasy, because by definition you can't know everything in a short period of time.
Information is created over a longer period where you can actually investigate what has happened, or what is about to happen.
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I personally define "news" as 'information dressed up'. But that's not what I'm asking. I'm just wondering why apple, a technology company, needs to charge for information dressed up by others. I guess for the money of it all, but I wonder if they want to make available, news that fits their ideology.
Two reasons (Score:1)
I'm just wondering why apple, a technology company, needs to charge for information dressed up by others.
I see what you are saying now... I think in large part is because they honestly do want to forward a world where there can be reporting that is supported by something besides ads. That was a strong motivation for the other thing they announced, Apple Arcade...
I wonder if they want to make available, news that fits their ideology.
Sadly that is ALSO demonstrably true. :-( It would be great if Apple wer
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Conglomerated news subscription services fail everywhere.
I don't see News+ being that important a year from now. Maybe it will just be rolled into the overall subscription.
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Apple gets to claim their 30% cut of some other source?
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Good question.
Information is that stuff related to something once called Journalism.
News is something with the primary purpose of entertaining you.
BREAKING NEWS -- COMMING UP -- AFTER THE BREAK . . .
How to keep someone watching the news without flipping the channel.
Get Your News From An Enemy Of The 1st Amenedment (Score:1, Interesting)
Really with all the work Apple does promoting censorship why would anyone get their news from them ?
Re: Get Your News From An Enemy Of The 1st Amenedm (Score:2)
LA Times isn't news?
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That is the cost of being a News Junky.
We use to be able to get our news from the daily news paper, and from the 6:00 news for local news and the 6:30 for national news.
The news paper normally had more in depth coverage, covering the complexity of the issue for those who want to read past the headline, while the TV Prime time news had what has happened during the day, and as a general coverage.
There wasn't this 24 hour news cycle which they need to fill in time slots with opinions, and commentary, pulling i
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Isn't iTunes uncensored though? I see they have some unrated movies on there. For music they have uncensored lyrics.
It's only really the app store that doesn't allow adult content.
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Tim Cook in his own words on censorhip
https://dailycaller.com/2018/1... [dailycaller.com]
FAEK NEWS! (Score:1)
GQ, Esquire, The New Yorker, New York Magazine and Vogue, as well as Variety and the Rolling Stone.
Holy Gay Agenda, Batman!
News for fanboys, stuff that is expensive (Score:1)
Oh my, I can't wait for the memes
Apple everything (Score:1)
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Apple TV, News, Games, Phone, Music, (Soon) Car all paid with an Apple credit card. Soon there will be Apple mortgages and health care.
Just like the old saying: Buy an apple a day to see the doctor right away.
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Not very interested in this service (Score:1)
I have to say, I don't read Apple News much today, and Apple Plus interests me even less being a glorified magazine stand.
Not only that, but it's mostly the crappy magazines you'd get in any of those mail offers that let you subscribe to a hundred magazines for a nickel or whatever.
Even the better ones they do have, like the WSJ, will not include all content (they said they'd not have the full science/technology section for example).
At least it is ad free, maybe that is enough to get market. But given how
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News Plus is available in Canada now (Score:4, Interesting)
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RTFA (Score:2)
So, from the linked article:
The service will launch in the U.S. and Canada effective immediately via an update the Apple News app. The company plans to launch it in Australia and the U.K. later this year, and in other European countries in 2021.
From the summary:
For now, it is available just in the U.S., and come to three more markets -- Canada, Australia, and the U.K., later this year.
So Canada, do you get this right away or not?
not for me (Score:3)
I will stick with the free stuff.
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Why would people outside of the US want to see US mags? Are there mags from outside US? Are the mags going to cater for those outside of US?
Because they're not small-minded assholes?
I read plenty of non-US magazines, despite living in the U.S.
I guess all the US magazines suck, but non-US ones don't suck. That is the only way to explain what is going on.
Partial List. (Score:4, Informative)
Those magazines include the following plus many more:
Business & Politics
TIME
The Atlantic
The New Yorker
Style & Beauty
Vogue
InStyle
ELLE
Food
Bon Appétit
Food & Wine
Saveur
Sports
Sports Illustrated
ESPN
Runner's World
Travel & Regional
Condé Nast Traveler
Travel + Leisure
Outside
Entertainment
People
Vanity Fair
Entertainment Weekly
Science & Tech
WIRED
National Geographic
Scientific American
Online Publications
Vox
theSkimm
The Cut
Vulture
At launch, AppleNews+ also includes newspapers, including:
The Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times
So No Soldier Of Fortune or Guns & Ammo? NO DEAL!
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No Guns & Ammo?
That's a different kind of magazine.
I read actual magazines (Score:2)
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The environment thanks you.
Super genius (Score:2)
Hold on now... (Score:5, Informative)
I'm seeing a lot of negativity on here about the announcement. I still need to read the fine print but $9.99 a month doesn't seem like a bad deal. In fact, it's a great deal when you consider that it includes the Wall Street Journal. Last time I checked, the WSJ charges $5 a week. So if you get it through Apple instead it is half the price. Not to mention that you get access to other magazines and periodicals.
I get that a lot of people on here don't like Apple but on the face of it, this is a good deal.
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Time will tell. Apparently you can try it free for a month and decide for yourself.
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$10, not $9.99. A Q for readers (Score:2)
So, some overeducated and likely underemployed person way back when decided that people were dumb enuff to think $9.99 is a lot less than ten bucks. OK, so maybe there's a small set of people that'll believe that sh... tuff. I believe the whole '$9.99 bit' is an insult to people's intelligence. I'd happily pay the extra penny and have whole prices. I'd pass by a lot of places that don't to support a person/company that respects the users' intelligence and offers their services/product for an honest, whole
A portal to fake news at premium (Score:1)
pretty nice (Score:2)
in total that is not a bad price for what you get, if you even buy just a few news subscriptions, you'll be spending more then $9 easily.