“The collaboration, which has been secretly under development in New York for several months, promises to be the world’s first ‘newspaper’ designed exclusively for new tablet-style computers such as Apple’s iPad, with a launch planned for early next year,” Helmore reports. “Intended to combine ‘a tabloid sensibility with a broadsheet intelligence,’ the publication represents Murdoch’s determination to push the newspaper business beyond the realm of print.”
Helmore reports, “According to reports, there will be no ‘print edition’ or ‘web edition;’ the central innovation, developed with assistance from Apple engineers, will be to dispatch the publication automatically to an iPad or any of the growing number of similar devices. With no printing or distribution costs, the US-focused Daily will cost 99 cents (62p) a week… According to Women’s Wear Daily, Jobs is ‘a major fan’ of the newsprint patriarch: ‘When the project is announced, don’t be surprised if you see Steve Jobs onstage with Rupert Murdoch, welcoming the Daily to the app world.'”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The price is finally right.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]
I will never give News Corp a penny for the way they have ruined US politics.
Conservative bashing by “tolerant” liberals shall commence in 3… 2… 1…
The surest way to win is to compete with those utterly unable to defend the space they once owned.
Sony. Nokia. Gateway. Tower.
Someone tell the newspapers that death has come for them.
And then the cable companies.
Attention amateur political pundits:
Please don’t highjack this thread.
This is great tech news, period. It’s a big win; it’s the first time that a major news producer has actually tried to execute an all-digital “newspaper” at the right price. This is a big deal.
As much as I love Apple and Steve Jobs I personally will never ever
Read or Purchase anything that has Murdocks name associated with it.
this right wing propaganda machine is a disaster for our country especially when we should be able to rely on honest reporting
@Pocketrash…
Expecting those on the far left or far right to think rationally or thoughtfully is just setting yourself up for a let down.
The best rational thought in the news media today comes from a comedian. John Stewart.
“News Corporation” is Orwellian doublespeak. Murdoch is a blatant propagandist.
Yeah sure, we need more “honest reporting” like what we get from MSNBC, CBS and the rest of the far left leaning MSM. You Fox/Murdoch bashers are pathetic trolls as usual…
The concept of a “elite liberal news media” is a complete myth.
Perhaps some reporters, the face of the media, are possibly “liberal”, but those who fund and profit from the show are certainly not.
I only get my news from George Soros.
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Who wants to pay $56 a year for fluff news when you get real news for free?
Liberal bashing by “intolerant” conservatives shall commence in 3… 2… 1… oh wait, @Pocketrash already began.
Apple + Motorola pre-iPhone
Apple + Music industry pre-Windows iTunes
Apple + News Corp ?
Be careful what you as for you might get it.
Edit: Be careful what you ask for, you might get it.
Say what you will about Rupert Murdoch, but the guy has vision, and knows how to monetize better than almost everyone else, and definitely better than those in his industry.
“Liberals” – “conservatives”, none of you claiming to be one or the other have a right to call the other names. Those willing to start or engage in political bashing solely based on the other’s political beliefs are complete idiots, and not surprisingly, blame the other for their actions, “he started it”.
Shut the fuck up.
No matter your political beliefs an open mind to beliefs not your own is essential to a healthy democracy.
Gregg Thurman
a 64 year old fiscal conservative
@Jim – TIV
Unfortunately, John Stewart has his own agenda and it only seems rational if you agree with his points of view. He hides behind the fact that he is a comedian so he doesn’t have to be neutral nor accountable. People tend to follow his banter because it’s funny and irreverent and the fact we are mostly tired of the far left and right news.
“will be to dispatch the publication automatically to an iPad”
Reread this statement repeatedly until the magnitude of it finally hits you.
@Fred,
“Who wants to pay $56 a year for fluff news when you get real news for free?”
Ummmm…..there are 52 weeks in a year……$0.99 per week…….
@ Cubert
SHH! You’ll spoil their fun.
The proof will be in the execution. Murdoch’s imperial propagandism aside, normal news websites running in Safari have set the bar pretty high. This new app will need a superior user experience to support a fee, in the face of free web-based news.
Well, if Women’s Wear Daily has the scoop, I’d better take notice!
Seriously, WTF?
——RM
“@Fred,
“Who wants to pay $56 a year for fluff news when you get real news for free?”
Ummmm…..there are 52 weeks in a year……$0.99 per week…….”
ROTFLOL
My mom always said, “There are three kinds of people in this world. Those that can add and those that can’t”.
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@The Real Rob
“Murdoch is a blatant propagandist.”
Quick, TRR, fire off a priority e-mail to the Big Steve before it’s too late pointing out the serious error in Steve’s judgement regarding this upcoming major iPad product.