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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.
Really with all the work Apple does promoting censorship why would anyone get their news from them ?
Summary makes a mistake: Apple News Plus launched in both the U.S. and Canada today. That's because most of this 'new' product is just a re-branding of Texture, the magazine app that's been running for years, and bought by Apple last year. Texture is/was $14.99CA, and Apple News Plus will be $12.99CA, while including more content (like the Toronto Star and the L.A. Times). As a magazine fan all my life I love Texture. I'm reading about a dozen magazines regularly, and there's no way I would have purchased 12 print subscriptions. Plus you can jump into any article from the over 300 magazines in the collection, so for me it's well worth the money.