Apple Announces Apple News+ $9.99 a Month Subscription Service With Access to Over 300 Publications

[Kaibelf]

nearly 4 years after introduction , apple news still isnt available in europe lol

Didn't some countries in Europe try to levy a tax on Google a couple years ago for showing the first few words of articles in Google News during searches, and then Google shut down the service and forced them to backtrack? Why, frankly, would Apple or any of them set themselves up for that trap?

 

[CWallace]

No NYT No WAPO. I'll stick with the free version.

Yes I was hoping the NYT and WaPost would have joined, but I understand why they didn't as their own subscription services are working well for them - I just subscribed directly to both once it was official they would not be part of Apple News+.

I need to see what magazines are in Apple News+ to see if it is worth moving to it versus maintaining my physical subscriptions.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Is there a list of the publications somewhere?

 

[lantree]

Same thing. Same cost. 10x the content.

https://gb.readly.com

That really is a great site , going to give this a try.
Got everything i need macworld, mac format, custom pc ,edge, t3, and god knows what else.

Thanks for sharing the link.

 

[Kaibelf]

They have to bundle this with an all-inclusive family plan of services including music and cloud storage for me to sign up.

So you basically want it for free?

 

[nylon]

Is there any student pricing?

 

[Kaibelf]

I was looking for a hook to get me and didn't find it.
I thought it would have to be under $5 to get me to even look at it.
Boy did they miss that mark.
$10/month for listening to a choice of a million songs vs $10/month for a couple of magazines I may look at for a few pages?
No one raised their hand when this price was discussed?

Also, can you say when you start the trial or does it start when you update to new app?

What are you talking about? Plenty of people subscribe to music streaming but also subscribe to some major newspaper service and those are usually more than $10 individually. In fact, the best deal I've seen in a while was when NY Times had a temporary price of $13/mo. What adult in Apple's preferred target customer base has to choose between one or the other?

 

[definitive]

$10/month for something you can get for free by opening your web browser and visiting your favorite blog, message board, or youtube channel. some of these magazine are losing readers so quickly that they're offering their subscriptions for under $10/year, and in some cases for free.

 

[yaxomoxay]

$10/month for something you can get for free by opening your web browser and visiting your favorite blog, message board, or youtube channel.

It's not the same thing. Online news (intended as cnn.com or even nyt.com or wsj.com) is VERY different than its broadsheet brother. I stopped reading online news and it was one of the best choices I have made.

 

[coolbreeze]

On the fence with this. Most news is ******** anyhow (see yesterday and today).

Magazines that are focused on hobbies and such are fine, but everything is ultra-political these days, so paying for fake news is not something a lot of people are motivated to do IMO. The two worst offenders are excluded though, so that's good.

 

[AppleMad98004]

nearly 4 years after introduction , apple news still isnt available in europe lol

Ask Google why? Your governments would come after Apple for this. It is mainly the anti- US tech business stance that prevents many things Apple does from coming to the EU

 

[JediStarWars]

As some others have already said, Readly is by far the better value. Apple late to the game and missed the boat again, unfortunately.

 

[Pirate!]

I just called the WSJ to cancel my direct subscription with them, which is currently running $15/month but was scheduled to go back to their usual price of $35/month starting in April. The customer service rep asked why I was switching and I told him due to today's Apple News+ announcement that includes the WSJ. He seem well prepared for this and listed a bunch of WSJ features that wont be available on the News+ subscription, things like crosswords and Lifestyle stories, none of which I use or read. After finally giving up on that he offered to lower my subscription price to $20/month. I literally laughed out loud for a few seconds into the phone. I asked why would I pay twice as much as News+ to get the same content I need, not to mention a bunch of other magazines I may read on occasion. He finally relented and I could almost feel his head lowering on the phone as he quietly said he would process my cancellation request.

So with News+, are WSJ articles able to be viewed when clicking on a link from Twitter or a web search? Or only in the News app? If it's the latter, I may just keep my current subscription.

 

[PastaPrimav]

Did you see how stuttering the animation was when he was scrolling on his iPhone?! Don’t they see it?!

They've been struggling with dropped frames for a long time, and just can't get a handle on it. Unspeakable power in your pocket, but they can't do a full 60 fps without leaving a few behind.

 

[canyonblue737]

I'm going to subscribe today. Our family gets 6-8 magazines a month, some weekly and the year subs are $15-30+ a year. On top of that we always buy 1-3 magazines a month of newsstands that we don't subscribe to but have an interesting article or cover. I believe all or almost all of our magazines appear to be covered by the service so dropping these subscriptions and going with Apple News+ will likely save us money or at least break even. THEN we also get to browse hundreds of interesting magazines we might not otherwise read AND get newspapers etc. My wife and 2 kids all have their own iPads so this just makes sense.

I still hope this fall when prices for Arcade, TV etc. have been announced there will be an Apple Services+ subscription that saves you reasonable money if you want it "all" (Apple Music, iCloud, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+ etc.)

 

[PastaPrimav]

I just called the WSJ to cancel my direct subscription with them, which is currently running $15/month but was scheduled to go back to their usual price of $35/month starting in April. The customer service rep asked why I was switching and I told him due to today's Apple News+ announcement that includes the WSJ. He seem well prepared for this and listed a bunch of WSJ features that wont be available on the News+ subscription, things like crosswords and Lifestyle stories, none of which I use or read. After finally giving up on that he offered to lower my subscription price to $20/month. I literally laughed out loud for a few seconds into the phone. I asked why would I pay twice as much as News+ to get the same content I need, not to mention a bunch of other magazines I may read on occasion. He finally relented and I could almost feel his head lowering on the phone as he quietly said he would process my cancellation request.

Well, I literally laughed out loud reading that anyone actually pays for the WSJ.

 

[BootsWalking]

Well, I literally laughed out loud reading that anyone actually pays for the WSJ.

Why wouldn't someone pay for one of the last remaining news organizations that still does investigative journalism, much of which is focused on business and market issues that can mean the difference between being an informed investor and a clueless one?

 

[dominiongamma]

$10/month for something you can get for free by opening your web browser and visiting your favorite blog, message board, or youtube channel. some of these magazine are losing readers so quickly that they're offering their subscriptions for under $10/year, and in some cases for free.

You are the product with tracking ads when it’s free no thanks !

 

[Gasu E.]

Yes we do. I have Popular Science, MacLife, MacWorld and Recoil OFFgrid. Each a annual subscription.

This is a bundle, though. And it appears to be cheaper than some of the individual subscriptions for certain of its components. For example, the WSJ.

 

[PastaPrimav]

Pretty straightforward. People who buy magazines are going to eat this up big time. Most people however have no use for it. And that's OK.

 

[canyonblue737]

So with News+, are WSJ articles able to be viewed when clicking on a link from Twitter or a web search? Or only in the News app? If it's the latter, I may just keep my current subscription.

Got to believe it is only in the News app because of Apple's privacy rules. They can't tell the WSJ you even subscribe from their rule set so how would WSJ identify you as a paid subscriber if you went to their site. Maybe there is a fix or something that Apple thought of but I doubt it.

 

[Megakazbek]

Why wouldn't someone pay for one of the last remaining news organizations that still does investigative journalism, much of which is focused on business and market issues that can mean the difference between being an informed investor and a clueless one?

Because most people are not investors and don't care about all this stuff at all?

 

[PastaPrimav]

Why wouldn't someone pay for one of the last remaining news organizations that still does investigative journalism, much of which is focused on business and market issues that can mean the difference between being an informed investor and a clueless one?

Because everything you just said is a joke. People in finance read the WSJ to see what the public-version of events is, not for actual information.

 

[stoopkidblues]

Seems like the just released it a couple minutes ago. Installing now.

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Off-topic but how I wish they made a Books+ service with decent content, unlike Amazon’s offering.

Now THAT would be something I could get behind, Books+ would definitely be worth $9.99!

 

[Emathieu]

This combines about 8 other subscriptions into one for me, and saves a ton of money. Definitely not complaining.

This. My WSJ subscription costs only ~$3 less per year than the News+ subscription will cost. This is a no brainer for me. This is coming out just in time too, as my WSJ sub is due to renew in May.