Apple is poised to take another swing at news subscriptions and this time it might work<article>
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<p>Raise your hand if you remember
The Daily. Back when the iPad still had a 30-pin connection port, Apple teamed up with News Corp. to bring a new type of publication to the burgeoning tablet market featuring exclusive, interactive content, rich animations, and touch-focused games. It cost a buck a week or $40 a year and was delivered to Apple’s Newsstand app on the iPad each morning.</p><p>It <a href="
http://allthingsd.com/20121203/news-corp-shutters-the-daily-ipad-app/" rel="nofollow">lasted less than two years[/url].</p><p>The biggest problem with The Daily was that it was too middle-of-the-road. Even after the early bugs were squashed, The Daily’s content was too generic to find a dedicated audience, a death knell in today’s 24/7 news culture. But Apple hasn’t given up on making subscription news a feature on iPhones and iPads. Just last month Apple announced it had acquired
magazine delivery app Texture, and according to a new report from <a href="
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-17/apple-is-said-to-plan-apple-music-like-news-subscription-service" rel="nofollow">Mark Gurman at Bloomberg[/url], a “premium subscription” news service is on the way.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3268948/ios/apple-news-subscription-service.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple is poised to take another swing at news subscriptions and this time it might work
