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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.
What's the difference between information and news, from the standpoint of a technology company like Apple, and why?
Politics; n. : A religion whereby man is god.
Really with all the work Apple does promoting censorship why would anyone get their news from them ?
LA Times isn't news?
GQ, Esquire, The New Yorker, New York Magazine and Vogue, as well as Variety and the Rolling Stone.
Holy Gay Agenda, Batman!
Oh my, I can't wait for the memes
What's the difference between information and news, from the standpoint of a technology company like Apple, and why?
That's easy - News is by and large fantasy, because by definition you can't know everything in a short period of time.
Information is created over a longer period where you can actually investigate what has happened, or what is about to happen.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
That is the cost of being a News Junky.
We use to be able to get our news from the daily news paper, and from the 6:00 news for local news and the 6:30 for national news.
The news paper normally had more in depth coverage, covering the complexity of the issue for those who want to read past the headline, while the TV Prime time news had what has happened during the day, and as a general coverage.
There wasn't this 24 hour news cycle which they need to fill in time slots with opinions, and commentary, pulling in the most outspoken congressional representative to make the other side seem like a group of idiots, and in depth coverage showing how bad the other guys really are.
Me, I normally get my news from my commute too and from work on NPR. I feel I normally get enough news from that to know what is going on in the world, occurring issues that I should as a citizen vote for or against. (My local Public Radio station also has fairly good local news too during my commute, so I know what is going on in my neighborhood.) Is NPR 100% fair and balanced? No it is not, there is defiantly a leftward slant to its coverage... However they seem aware of this and try hard to cover information more fairly. The super liberal crazies and the super conservative crazies while they may get on the interview once or twice they rarely seem to stick around, and focus more on the more level headed people.
When you look at your news source, you need to figure out what their agenda is, a commercial company agenda is to make money. Best way to make money it to get people emotional on what is happening, so they are emotionally invested in your product and they come back again, and expose them to advertising.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
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.
So, from the linked article:
The service will launch in the U.S. and Canada effective immediately via an update the Apple News app. The company plans to launch it in Australia and the U.K. later this year, and in other European countries in 2021.
From the summary:
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.
So Canada, do you get this right away or not?
I am not interested in articles about life extension advancements.
Apple TV, News, Games, Phone, Music, (Soon) Car all paid with an Apple credit card. Soon there will be Apple mortgages and health care.
Just like the old saying: Buy an apple a day to see the doctor right away.
I will stick with the free stuff.
Those magazines include the following plus many more:
Business & Politics
TIME
The Atlantic
The New Yorker
Style & Beauty
Vogue
InStyle
ELLE
Food
Bon Appétit
Food & Wine
Saveur
Sports
Sports Illustrated
ESPN
Runner's World
Travel & Regional
Condé Nast Traveler
Travel + Leisure
Outside
Entertainment
People
Vanity Fair
Entertainment Weekly
Science & Tech
WIRED
National Geographic
Scientific American
Online Publications
Vox
theSkimm
The Cut
Vulture
At launch, AppleNews+ also includes newspapers, including:
The Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times
So No Soldier Of Fortune or Guns & Ammo? NO DEAL!
Why would people outside of the US want to see US mags? Are there mags from outside US? Are the mags going to cater for those outside of US?
Because they're not small-minded assholes?
I read plenty of non-US magazines, despite living in the U.S.
I guess all the US magazines suck, but non-US ones don't suck. That is the only way to explain what is going on.
Even Apple bananas?
I buy subscriptions and read actual magazines, thanks.
I don't respond to AC's.
Isn't iTunes uncensored though? I see they have some unrated movies on there. For music they have uncensored lyrics.
It's only really the app store that doesn't allow adult content.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Apple News+. What an innovative name! I hope the people at Apple are getting paid well for this ingenious piece of work.
I'm seeing a lot of negativity on here about the announcement. I still need to read the fine print but $9.99 a month doesn't seem like a bad deal. In fact, it's a great deal when you consider that it includes the Wall Street Journal. Last time I checked, the WSJ charges $5 a week. So if you get it through Apple instead it is half the price. Not to mention that you get access to other magazines and periodicals.
I get that a lot of people on here don't like Apple but on the face of it, this is a good deal.
Tim Cook in his own words on censorhip
https://dailycaller.com/2018/1...
So, some overeducated and likely underemployed person way back when decided that people were dumb enuff to think $9.99 is a lot less than ten bucks. OK, so maybe there's a small set of people that'll believe that sh... tuff. I believe the whole '$9.99 bit' is an insult to people's intelligence. I'd happily pay the extra penny and have whole prices. I'd pass by a lot of places that don't to support a person/company that respects the users' intelligence and offers their services/product for an honest, whole-number price.
Does anyone here actually believe that $9.99 is better than $10 even?
Olphart at play. Ruck FepubliKKKans. Welcome to the Worldwide Idiocracy, y'all.
Welcome to curated SJW news. Curated to look for any sinful publications.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Served to you by better-than-you overlords at Cupertino.
in total that is not a bad price for what you get, if you even buy just a few news subscriptions, you'll be spending more then $9 easily.
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
Conglomerated news subscription services fail everywhere.
I don't see News+ being that important a year from now. Maybe it will just be rolled into the overall subscription.
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