Gruber reports, “My understanding is that this initiative is going to launch with a press event, with Murdoch (and perhaps other newspaper and magazine executives) joining Steve Jobs on stage. This is not going to be a quiet launch, to say the least… it won’t happen until next month at the earliest.”
“The date I’ve heard is December 9, but that’s a Thursday, which would be somewhat unusual for an Apple press event,” Gruber reports. “My guess is that they’re telling people December 9 but it might slip back to Tuesday or Wednesday the week after. Perhaps it will coincide with the opening of the Mac App Store?”
Full article here.
The MacAppStore, the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
Apparently this “Daily” isn’t going to be available any other way EXCEPT on a iPad.
It makes no sense to me to fold it into the launch of the Mac App Store since it would be solely an iPad app.
@Bunches
Correctomundo!
A few of the posts I’ve read have specifically mentioned it being on the ipad but also add “and other tablets”
No Murdochvision for me. I like news- not newz.
My guess is this announcement plus iWork ’11 and the Mac App Store. New iPad or iPhone? No – too close to the holidays.
To all you flaming liberals, hang on to your socialist ideas! More free-market (or evil capitalism) goods and services are coming via the iPad.
This means more innovation, more money spent, more jobs.
Surprise, surprise, nothing came from the Feds. However you liberals will need time to find a way to tax it to death.
This will be big – with the usual Apple twist on an e-zine. The NYT had enough lead time but hasn’t come up with anything compelling (even a replica of the print edition would have been better).
I agree, this is going to be big. It won’t be like anything we’ve ever seen. Apple usually takes on stuff like this when nobody else was able to deliver. I think the closest we saw was Wired. This won’t be a newspaper, magazine, tv show re-purposed, this will be unique and take advantage of what can be done with the iPad.
Just say no to Fixed News. “We deceive you believe.”
How about an event that announces DAILY and a periodical subscription plan? Talk about flaming the holiday purchase flames. “Get your local paper delivered electronically every morning, TIME, Sports Illustrated, etc. Magazines delivered electronically every week, and read Daily only on the iPad.”
I doubt these Fox haters have ever even watched it. They are just goose-stepping in line with their move-on.org masters.
I’ve already got the bases loaded with the
Economist,Washington Post,Science,
Sporting News Today,Rolling Stone,
Macworld. Why would I need more mags
or newspapers? Only 24 hrs in a day.
I have Faux Newz on my cable and occasionally watch it for laughs. I guess it’s NewzCrap’s effort to by compliant with the Federal ADA. It helps the reality impaired and fact challenged find a sense of community.
@re: Irony
Exactly. Thank you for proving my point.
@ Oh the Irony
Actually, I’ve watched Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, PBS, and listened to NPR. I’ve also checked with many web sources. The inescapable conclusion is that Fox spins nearly every piece of news, that Fox consistently blends opinion with news, and that Fox sources itself commonly using phrases like “some say” and “it was reported” in an attempt to put a sheen of legitimacy on blatant distortions and falsehoods. So who’s the one goose-stepping — look in a mirror.
You should note that Murdoch is about money and power… not politics. They change all the time. Money and power are constants.
In the run up to the 2008 election Murdoch was courting Hillary Clinton. He had several meeting with her as her star rose in the standings. Then he switched to Obama.
He launched Fox News as a business since he saw a need not being met. Political conservatives did not have a voice that spoke for them, and to Roger Ailes credit he built an amazing news entity.
You may agree or disagree with them but they are hard to ignore. That’s precisely Murdoch’s point.
The Daily or whatever they call it, will offer a level of EXCLUSIVITY for certain coverage which is where the money is in media and always has been. Not all news is totally free nor can it be. That’s going to change soon enough. Some stories and access are only available to outlets with enough scale and gravitas. You won’t find an interview with Steven Speilberg on a neighborhood blog. You won’t find a expose’ on fraud within the GAO on a local TV station. As they move forward, much of the content will NOT be able to SENT or SHARED instantly. It will be quoted, referred to and credited but the ‘news napster’ environment of free for all sharing will change.
Murdoch will make money at this and if the audience wants it to be more liberal…it will skew that way. If not, it won’t.
It’s the money and power.
Well I can say this: if Apple is now introducing the Murdoch Tax, if purchase of an iPad now puts even a single dime of my money in Rupert’s pockets without my consent, an iPad will NEVER be gracing the home of myself or most likely anyone I associate with!
Again, don’t confuse the man and his personal beliefs with business. As this 2007 article points out he supported books that slammed Bush around four years ago…Not exactly a conservative, right wing thing to do…
http://www.slate.com/id/2175511/
he goes where the money is. Why do you think Steve admires him? Not for the political bent of some of his products.
A couple of years ago (2008) a survey was conducted where people were asked what news/informational programming they watched and then quizzed them about non-controversial details relating to current events.
Guess who scored the lowest by far: viewers of Faux Newz Channel.
Guess who scored highest: viewers of PBS NewsHour.
The commercial nets were bunched in the middle.
They also surveyed for non-news viewing and viewers of The Daily Show & The Colbert Report scored highest of all.
Free speech- Deal with it. I never watched Fox until I heard all the haters whining. Lol I like multiple perspectives. Are you going to want to ban books too? I read Moby Dick, but it didn’t make me harpoon whales. Relax! No one is making you watch, read or buy iPads
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The Faux News Motto “We’ll tell you a lie and then show you a picture of it”.
It’s ironic that in recent years Steve Jobs has become more of an a* hole and has started acting like a Retardican, while Bill Gates has been giving his money away and working with charitable causes and helping others.
“Daily” will be a news channel with different publications in one easy place to go – not one publication from one source.
Proof
where’s you proof?