Murdoch's The Daily launches, for your iPad only

Rupert Murdoch unveiled his new iPad-only newspaper-like publication, The Daily, Wednesday morning. For 99 cents a week, or $39.99 a year, subscribers can get full-color, interactive, video-enhanced news, opinion, gossip, sports and culture.

In our pages, Dawn Chmielewski explains the media titan's motivations:

Murdoch, distraught over how the free culture of the Internet has ravaged the newspaper business, is determined to find a way to put the ink back in the bottle. He has advocated charging for content, delivered to all sorts of devices including cellphones, computers, tablets and e-readers.

"The old business model based on advertising-only is dead … that's not going to change even in a boom," Murdoch said last year in an interview with the Washington Post. "Critics say people won't pay, but I say they will. But only if you give them something good."

The Guardian says it looks good, but asks, will it find a niche? What I want to know is: what's its books coverage like? I can't download it to my iPhone -- it's iPad only -- so if you've taken a look, let us know what you think.

-- Carolyn Kellogg

 

Comments

[JB]

Glitzy, content extremely light weight. Glossier than flipboard but since it's all it's own content, it reads like HS reporters wanting to get someone to hire them...vs journalism. But, no Palin mentions, which is an improvement over most Murdoch properties. some of interactive features (visual ability to scroll through sections; movie trailers in middle of articles) cool. 100 feet wide, inch deep...