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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.