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Apple Unveils $9.99 News Subscription Service Dubbed Apple News+ (variety.com)
Apple today unveiled a news subscription service called Apple News+ at its services event in Cupertino, Calif. The $9.99 service gives paying subscribers access to over 300 magazines as well as select newspapers and premium digital news services. From a report: "We believe in the power of journalism and the impact it will have on your lives," said Apple CEO Tim Cook. Some of the magazines part of the service are including GQ, Esquire, Popular Science, The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, New York Magazine and Vogue, as well as Variety and the Rolling Stone. Newspapers included in the package are the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. Digital publications include theSkimm, TechCrunch and The Highlight by Vox. For now, it is available just in the U.S., and come to three more markets -- Canada, Australia, and the U.K., later this year.
LA Times isn't news?
Given the LA Times has over years refused to air video of Obama at a meeting with a bunch of known racists and terrorists, they are actually the opposite of news.
As the twitter saying goes, the role of modern journalism is to cover important stories - with a pillow, until they stop moving.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
No thanks. I get enough liberal propaganda for free.