iPad Newspaper From News Corp Rumored in January

An anonymous reader writes "News Corp plans to launch its rumored iPad-only newspaper on January 17 according to recent reports. Dubbed the 'Daily,' the paper will reportedly make use of a new 'push' subscription feature from Apple wherein users can opt to be automatically billed for either week-long or month-long subscriptions. Once set up, a new edition of the publication will show up on user's iPads each and every morning."

Comments

What does this bring to the table

[Joehonkie]

How is this better than a web-based news source, even a paywalled one?

Re:What does this bring to the table

[spun]

It makes Rupert Murdoch more money. Oh, you meant, "how is it better for the customer?" Does that actually matter?

Re:What does this bring to the table

[corbettw]

Um, yes it does, because if it doesn't bring something that other formats don't then no one will sign up for it. Which means Murdoch and company won't make any more money.

Re:What does this bring to the table

[Monkeedude1212]

It's designed specifically for the typical Apple user.

"Oh! A way to spend more money with an Apple Product? An iPad only application where I can have my credit card billed automatically each month? A newspaper that will no doubt have articles that can be found on any decent news aggregating web site? Where do I sign up? That sounds piquant as shit!"

Re:What does this bring to the table

[characterZer0]

If anybody could get it, the people who buy iPads would not want it.

Re:What does this bring to the table

[spun]

Fox News and Rupert Murdoch aren't libertarians, they are authoritarians. And like authoritarians everywhere, they simply use libertarians as tools. It's as if the wolves have convinced a few sheep to go out and argue to the rest of a sheep that a wolf's stomach makes the best home.

Re:What does this bring to the table

[clarkkent09]

Fox News and Rupert Murdoch aren't libertarians, they are authoritarians.
 
I certainly wouldn't count Fox News as a libertarian channel (in what sense are they authoritarian though?) but rather as conservative both fiscally and socially, which is still closer to libertarian than any other main channels. Fox Business News is very libertarian though - see Stossel's show http://www.hulu.com/stossel and Freedom Watch, the two most libertarian shows on television. Murdoch himself has a history of being anti-socialist more than anything else. In Britain, his newspapers, The Times and The Sun, supported Tony Blair against Conservatives because he defeated the long standing Labour party far left leadership (which almost destroyed the party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)#The_.22Wilderness_Years.22_.281979.E2.80.931997.29) and more towards the center-left.

Re:What does this bring to the table

[clarkkent09]

How is being socially conservative at all libertarian?
 
It's not, I meant the fiscal part. Fox is pretty consistent in calling for a smaller, less intrusive government, less spending, lower taxes etc. They also supported the Tea Party movement, while the likes of CNN started off by deliberately ignoring it, then switched to calling it racist and are now sulking as they realize none of the smears worked.

Re:What does this bring to the table

[sakshale]

I did not read anything in TFA that even implied that there were no future plans to support other platforms. Could this not be a proof of concept exercise?

Wow! News content delivered automatically!!

[Orga]

Who'd have ever thought such technology was feasible. Only in the world of a closed off iPad could this possibly be any kind of news. Please let us return to five years ago when things like this weren't newsworthy.

Oh goody

[southpolesammy]

Yet another monthly recurring charge that I'll never use, nor ever get around to cancelling. At least my idle gym membership won't feel so lonely now...

Re:Sign me up!

[Captain Splendid]

Good! Straight news not re-written by desk-bound "reporters", and opinions devoid of leftist drivel.

Unfortunately, no shortage of douchebaggery.

Re:*only ipad*

[Concerned Onlooker]

No. The only difference is you won't be able to view wikileaks stories.

Re:In other irrelevant news ...

[blind biker]

So you click on the slashdot article about a service you would not want on a device you don't have? Then leave a comments letting us know you don't care about it?

So? Actually, what business is that of yours? This place is designed for everyone to comment on any topic. Even if you moderate him/her to -1, you can't stop them to express a point of view. That's a good thing, not a bad one.