After its recent high-profileUS launch,The DailyiPad ‘newspaper’, from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, is set to become available in the UK next.
The Guardianreports that the US edition of the publication would be available in the UK as soon asApple’s subscription platformrolls out there (expected to be “within months”), but that a version including UK-specific content was also on the cards at some point in the future.
Until now, The Daily has been free to read in the US, and while it is only available in the American App Store,a trick we recently sharedallows any iPad user around the world to download it. From next week, News Corp throws the switch to begin charging a 99c per week, or $39.99 per year, subscription fee. At that point it’s likely that a US billing address will be required, making this week your last chance to sample the publication wherever you are in the world.
With its high US-focused content, The Daily is unlikely to be a big seller in the UK when it launches but we wouldn’t be surprised to see the in-app advertisements swapped out for locally relevant ones even if the articles themselves remain the same at first.
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It was recently reported that The Daily would bemaking the leap to Android tabletsthis spring.
Story byMartin SFP Bryant
Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletter PreSeed Now and technology and media consultancy Big Revolution. He was previously(show all)Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletterPreSeed Nowand technology and media consultancyBig Revolution. He was previously Editor-in-Chief at TNW.
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