Wired.com: Sidestepping Apple: From Amazon to Condé Nast, Companies Rethink App Strategies
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 10:33
"Condé Nast, whose holdings include Wired and The New Yorker, still sells issues of its magazines through their free iPad apps. But after big sales of early issues, the company has also made its iPad editions free for print subscribers — subscr…
WSJ.com: Kobo, WSJ Halt Direct Sales on Apple-Device Apps
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 08:47
"News Corp.'s Wall Street Journal, which has been circumventing Apple's payment system by providing links to its website from inside the iPad app, will soon remove all purchasing options in the app in response to Apple's new rules. …
TheNextWeb: The FT dodges Apple subscription fee with new Web app for iOS devices
Friday, 10 June 2011, 10:51
"The Web app will be bolstered with additional content over time, including blogs, special reports and illustrative graphics. A new ‘Clippings’ service allowing users to store articles for late reading is also in the works. "
Forbes: The Surprising Reason Publishers Are Finally Saying Yes to Apple
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 10:53
Jeff Bercovici: "It turns out that the publishers’ fear that Apple’s policies would deny them the consumer data they need to do business was unfounded. As often as not, to get the customer’s email’s name and email address, all you have to …
Reuters: Apple to ship new iPhone in September: sources
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 17:10
"Apple's next-generation iPhone will have a faster processor and will begin shipping in September, three people with direct knowledge of the company's supply chain said."
O’Reilly Radar: Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 14:57
"Today at Where 2.0 Pete Warden and I will announce the discovery that your iPhone, and your 3G iPad, is regularly recording the position of your device into a hidden file. … All iPhones appear to log your location to a file called "consoli…
Reuters: FT won’t give up subscriber relationship to Appla
Monday, 4 April 2011, 17:12
"The Financial Times wants to keep selling subscriptions for its digital news directly to readers rather than surrender control of new customers who sign up via Apple's iPad, the managing director of FT.com [Rob Grimshaw told Reuters in an in…
New York Times: Financial Times Digs Gold Out of Data
Monday, 7 March 2011, 09:18
"John Ridding, the chief executive of The FT … said improvements in collecting and mining customer data were a big reason digital sales accounted for 24 percent of The FT’s revenue last year, a big jump from 19 percent a year earlier and a con…
Advertising Age: Why Elle, Nylon and Pop Sci Accepted iPad Subscription Plan
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 12:59
"[What] are Elle, Nylon and Popular Science doing, accepting Apple's [iOS subscriptions] terms?"
Telegraph: Apple subscription service could see competition investigation
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 18:49
"Guy Lougher, partner and head of the competition law group at Pinsent Masons, told the Telegraph that because of Apple’s profile within the industry 'this is likely to feature on the radar of the European Commission sooner rather than late…
FT.com: Google woos publishers with One Pass
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 16:36
"Google has launched a new online payments system for publishers, with more generous revenue sharing than rival Apple’s recently launched alternative."
Gizmodo: Apple’s New Subscription Model Is Evil
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 14:13
"The fact is, that Apple's new subscriptions—while justifiably wrapped in the smooth, glossy coat of user-friendliness—are a major power grab that inserts the company between basically every content provider and every iPad and iPhone user…
mocoNews: App Publishers Rebel Against Apple. Google Offers A Solution?
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 14:13
"According to one publisher that contacted mocoNews, Google plans to release the details of its own in-app billing service, possibly as soon as today. Like any company looking to gain more marketshare and revenue, Google looks like it wil undercut…
WSJ.com: Apple Antitrust Issues Raised by Subscription-Service Terms
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 14:02
"Apple Inc.'s new subscription service could draw antitrust scrutiny, according to law professors. … Publishers, for example, might claim that Apple dominates the market for consumer tablet computers and that it has allegedly used that comm…
