BY Joe White on Thu September 22nd, 2011
Back in June, the Financial Times decided to ditch the App Store and produced a Web app, due to Apple's controversial in-app subscription policy. Now, in a report recently publish by Reuters, it is claimed that the Web app has attracted over 700,000 readers, making it more popular than the iOS application was before it was removed from the App Store.
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BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Thu September 22nd, 2011
Seeking to prove there is strength in numbers, eight key French publications are working together to negotiate a distribution contract with Apple. The publishers, which include newspaper Le Figaro and sports daily L’Equipe, believe they will get a better deal by working as one, according to Reuters. Depending on what happens, this could change the way other publishers negotiate with Apple.
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BY Joe White on Fri July 01st, 2011
Apple's rumored in-app subscription deadline has passed, but Netflix and Amazon have refused to "amend" their apps via an update. As a result of this, Apple could refuse to accept future updates for both the Netflix and Kindle iOS applications.
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BY Joe White on Fri July 01st, 2011
Today, The New York Times has updated its iPhone and iPad applications, adding support for Apple's in-app subscription policy. The update comes one day after Apple's rumored June 30 deadline.
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BY Joe White on Mon June 20th, 2011
Hulu has recently updated its universal Hulu Plus iOS application, removing a subscription Web link (to its website) in compliance with Apple's in-app subscription policy.
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BY Joe White on Sun June 19th, 2011
Now, if you want to read content from the New York Post on your iPad, you'll have to do it through the official application. A recently launched "paywall" presents users from accessing the publication's website through Safari for iOS.
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BY A.T. Faust III on Tue June 07th, 2011
One of the world's leading business newspapers has opted out of Apple's imposed subscription restrictions.
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BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Thu May 05th, 2011
The Telegraph joins a growing list of publishers agreeing to Apple’s subscription terms. Beginning today, iPad users can download the free Telegraph for iPad app and purchase a monthly subscription for $16.99, or pay $1.99 for a daily issue.
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BY Robin Rhys on Fri March 18th, 2011
Remember those annoying Textones in iOS 4.2? Well hidden in iOS 4.3 are shorter ones. Flickr updates their mobile app. The New York Times officially announces subscriptions and prices, plus a fun free Friday app download.
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BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Mon March 14th, 2011
On the surface, the iPad seems perfectly designed to serve as a magazine or newspaper reader. For the most part, however, publishers haven’t warmed to the tablet device. Apple hopes to change this.
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BY Alexander Vaughn on Wed February 23rd, 2011
Today, we have more hope following the debacle surrounding Apple's new in-app subscription plan and Steve Jobs' response. Now, it looks like Apple might not impose their plan on many iOS apps and services, effectively killing them as many speculated.
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BY Alexander Vaughn on Tue February 15th, 2011
In a press release this morning, Apple officially introduced the new in-app subscription feature for the App Store. Already present in The Daily for almost two weeks, the new feature will allow all content publishers to let readers subscribe to a publication from within an app, and be billed on a recurring basis.
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BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Tue September 21st, 2010
More rumors have surfaced on a new subscription service for newspapers and magazines on the iPad. Read More...
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BY Joe White on Thu July 29th, 2010
Apple recently blocked a subscription-offering update for Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated (for iPad) app, leaving the guys at Time feeling understandably disgruntled. Read on to find out more!
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