News Corp announces ‘The Daily’

By on Feb 2, 2011 at 11:10 AM
mobile February 2, 2011

News Corp’s iPad-only newspaper The Daily is finally official and we couldn’t be happier to put this drawn-out ordeal behind us. News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch was on hand at a press conference on Wednesday to introduce his new pride and joy, and details are as follows: The Daily, as one might assume, will ba a daily paper — available only on the iPad to start — and new issues will be available 365 days each year. The Daily will be interactive, packed full of 360-degree photos and original video content, and some articles will even be read aloud from within the app. There will also be Web-friendly versions of articles to share on Twitter, Facebook and so on. The publication will include crossword puzzles, Sudoku puzzles and customizable content such as weather forecasts and scores from your favorite sports teams. More interesting than The Daily itself is the imminent introduction of Apple’s new App Store subscription option for publishers, which will allow companies to build apps that serve subscription-based content. The new functionality is only available on The Daily for the time being, but Apple VP Eddy Cue said an announcement on availability is forthcoming.

The Daily app will be available in the App Store starting at 12:00PM EST today, and subscriptions will cost $0.99 per week or $39.99 for a one-year subscription. Interested parties will also be happy to learn that the first two weeks of The Daily will be free thanks to a sponsorship agreement with Verizon.

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  • http://DonnyGamble.com Donny Gamble

    This is just another great testimonial of newspapers starting to transition their businesses online

  • anon

    Not sure what the big deal is. The only new thing is paying for news on your computer. It seems to me that anyone hyping this is really just providing free advertising.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RNAEK4YVCN2LPL4IWFIFGGVAHE Odai

    There was a mistake. “and subscriptions will cost $0.99 per year or $39.99 for a one-year subscription.”
    It should be “and subscriptions will cost $0.99 per *Day/Week* (Whichever it is )or $39.99 for a one-year subscription.”

  • Anonymous

    $0.99/yr or $40 for a 1 year subscription? Perhaps that should have been $0.99/each?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Del-Mastro/775290605 Matt Del Mastro

    Sounds like an extremely limited, expensive, and burdensome venture. Does anyone expect this to be more than just a status symbol?

    • Myc

      this will be the way of the future for all reputable news outlets. the newyork times gots to get paid too

      • Anonymous

        it did charge- a few years ago- and it was an absolute fail.So they dropped it.

      • Myc

        the earlier tablet pc’s failed to. my point is, look at the profit margin of the news print media. the reputable news outlets cannot compete with all the garbage out there.

      • Anonymous

        they’re going to have to do it just like they used to do it with print- in advertising revenue. The problem is their profit margins will drop. But I agree with your basic point. They’re between a rock and a hard place.

  • Jmanin

    I think toy meant to say .99 per day.

    • Jmanin

      I meant “you” damn predictive text. LOL

  • Nairb

    They had better adapt it to other platforms, namely Android 3.0.

  • Zach

    .99$ a year . . . or 39.99 a year . . . HMM?

  • Anonymous

    Murdoch can suck my balls.

    • Some Guy

      Right on – whay give them any of your money.

  • http://twitter.com/chapps chapps

    If it’s fully of his far-right screeds, I’ll pass. But if it’s got actual news, commentary from the full political spectrum, etc., then maybe. Not holding my breath – he’s got a certain track record.

  • Jim

    DOA!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Moore/1468057769 David Moore

    There are a lot of people I know that would like something like this. Not sure they would want to pay for it though. I may take a look at it for the trial but with all the free news apps and sources you really don’t need to pay for it. Should have made it ad supported in my opinion.

  • http://www.youtube.com/jeromeo1980 Jeromeo

    A quick reminder: it’s pushed to you every day. That means it sends you most of the data whether you access it or not. So not only do you have to PAY [one of the richest men in the world] for this ‘newspaper’, but the hundreds of extra MegaBytes it might use for HD video, 360* photos you might not care to see, stories you might not ever read, animations that just drain battery life, and all of the other little extras eat away at the limited/capped data plans that you also PAY for. You have to PAY to use up something you have to PAY for.
    BTW, great news blogs like BoyGeniusReport, NPR, HuffingtonPost, TED, Gizmodo, and so many more are still FREE…

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EZJ6EW7PYHT4TOC2NWA62NQV6Y teco221

      There is a different between “Free” content and “Pay” content, otherwise why would people pay to watch “Showtime” and “HBO”?

      • QNX Please

        Because they get nudity on cable.

  • Tn7871

    How much are they paying you to write these articles? Nobody cares about News Corp or their fake news.

    • Myc

      i think it’s relevant, as to the direction of news media and technology integration. what i find irrelevant, is your view of news corp

      • Tn7871

        This is a comment section. Everyone’s view is irrelevant, including your opinion. Fuck off.

      • Letter2shannon

        This proves yet again that those who appreciate news corp are NOT the close-minded ones after all. (and they can be civil to boot)

  • Anonymous

    Hey, what happened to the picture of my Great Great Grandfather?

  • Anonymous

    It’s ironic … I’m old enough to remember the “1984″ ad campaign of Apple- and what they’ve done with proprietary technology in order to drive profit margins along with leveraging their hold on the market in terms of music … Just like Microsoft did … they’re 1984-just in technicolor. Murdoch & Apple. Perfect.

  • Itsjustmee

    Dear Rupert
    *#&*@ )@(# (=45)8&@#KR !!!! )#()#*@ %^!@^# )%^(%* IE
    F*#&* ($(LFJ _FLE&@#&@
    the sooner the better

  • QNX Please

    Why wouldn’t I just go to websites to get my news and not pay $40 a year? Or use Google News to search for sources around the world. They Daily looks nice at least….

  • jk

    does this paper come out 5 or 7 days per week?

  • whatthewhat

    So they charge you for it and run ads… Awesome!

    • http://twitter.com/chriscanty chris canty

      A traditional newspaper chargers 50 cents to $1 and they still have tons of ads so take it easy. With tablet sales about to explode they were smart to get in on the ground floor with the “daily”. I believe its going to be $.99/week which equates to less a quarter a day. If the news is high quality, I am more than willing to pay $.15-.25 per day for a full featured tablet paper. Go look at how much a years worth of a standard local paper is. More than $40 per year I can tell you that.

      Give it a chance or ACTUALLY READ IT before you say its “DOA” or a “HORRIBLE IDEA”

      • whatthewhat

        Don’t forget, traditional newspapers have considerably more overhead tied up in printing and distribution…

        Agreed that it should be given it’s fair chance.

  • Ingersolltcf

    I’m wondering how practical this is for a Wi-Fi only iPad. How much of the content and feature list are going to be dependent on a constant connection and how much is going to be dumped in and available “offline”.

    I guess the fact that a wireless company is underwriting a free 2 week subscription may be a clue? LOL

  • http://twitter.com/cordial david carter

    watch the introduction video on the new product at thedaily/launch –

    Except it’s in flash, so you can’t on your iPad. Didn’t think that through did they.

  • GenTsoChicken

    Just another outlet for News Corp to spew their fear mongering fake news. No thanks. I wish them complete failure.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

    going to have to check it out

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