‘The Daily’ hits the Web – unofficially

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Mr. Murdoch et al. took the wraps off of News Corp’s The Daily at a press conference on Wednesday. The gist of the new digital publication is that it’s a daily newspaper built for the iPad that offers original content and immersive, interactive features. Sounds cool. But what about the majority of the world, which still finds itself iPad-less in spite of all that magic? And what about frugal owners of the magical iPad who can’t be bothered to fork over a buck each week to support the hard work of The Daily’s news team and creators? Well luckily for both camps, we now have The Daily: Indexed. Programmer Andy Baio has put together a Tumblog that indexes The Daily content each day and presents it as a list of links. All of the articles linked by the Tumblog are hosted on The Daily website, though they are really only intended to be shared via email, Facebook or Twitter from within the iPad app. If you’re looking for a taste of Rupert’s new “paper” and don’t have access to an iPad to take advantage of the free two-week trial, The Daily: Indexed has the the goods.

[Via Gizmodo]

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15 Comments
  • CMC

    This is “fox” crap. Not like it’s real news.

    • Just Some Guy

      I’m conservative and I agree, it’s turncoat liberal bullshit, and Murdoch is a libtard as well.

      • GinaDee

        Appreciate others opinions for what they are. Just cause you disagree with a political ideology doesn’t make their thoughts BS. I’m sure liberals could just as easily say the same thing to fundamentalists on the extreme right. You know the Birther crowd whose only goals in life is to convince unemployed old white dudes that our President is a non American commy/socialist Muslim and passing bills to prevent “Sharia law,” etc?

      • Tn7871

        What planet are you from? Murdoch is known all around the world for owning conservative news organizations. Where are you getting “liberal” from by watching Faux News?

      • Anonymous

        You need to get your facts straight. Murdoch described himself in many interviews as a socialist and a liberal. He makes millions off Fox News. He however is a smart liberal….kind of an oxymoron.

      • Tn7871

        Oxymoron? Why don’t you look up education rates of liberals and conservatives. I think you’ll find that conservatives are the stupid ones. LMAO

    • GinaDee

      I watch all the major networks in an effort to try and make sense of the views on all sides. This includes Fox, CNN, MSNBC and a few others.

      But I must say that out of all of them Fox has the most angry bitter fear mongering on air personalities. But I think they just do it for ratings. They really have a thing for going after our President but I guess that’s what their watchers like to see?

      Take for example Glenn Beck. Even reasonable republicans will tell you he is a lunatic but this guy started in radio where ratings were everything. He learned that the more controversial he was the more his loyal audience adored him. He was screaming mad though that in January when his latest ratings came out they were THE WORST he’s had since he joined the network back in 2008. You shouldn’t be surprised that over the past week he’s tried to stir the pot to boost them back up.

      I’m not a liberal, but I like people like Rachel Maddow from MSNBC. Perhaps it’s because she’s my age and because she’s one of the few commentators left that actually apologizes when she reports something in error.

      It’s only the extreme nut bags on both sides that drive me up the wall with their vitriol.

      • Anonymous

        Good choice, Rachel Maddow, a die hard communist. She is as nutty as Beck. You sir have NO credibility.

      • GinaDee

        1) I’m not a “sir.” Thanks anyways
        2) Democrats are not communists. Why do you trailer trash always use that line. You’ve been using it since the 30′s even when your own party’s republican president’s were more liberal than even today’s democrat presidents.
        C) Maddow is a progressive but welcomes all points of view. She does not yell and scream at her conservative guests like Hannity, Beck and rest of the Fox crew do. It’s called respect.

      • CMC

        Nutty because she reports the truth? Versus made up stuff from Beck?

      • Anonymous

        That carpet muncher could not tell the truth if her life depended on it. Liberals ate like cock roaches. They hate America and they are afraid of their own shadow. I have never met a brave liberal.

      • Anonymous

        You are a sir like she is. She, like you is a “progressive” dirt bag

  • jason6g

    is this like pirating a newspaper? receiving paid content for free through share links that someone somewhere paid for?

    dont get me wrong, with all the other news sources in the world offering “free” news, i dont see why they dont put a few ads here n there and release this as a freebie

  • Tn7871

    This is not news. You guys are obviously being paid for these stories. There are TONS of news applications on Android and iPhone already.

  • Itsjustmee

    warmed over puke from a miserable old toad

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