Apple News+ was officially announced earlier today, allowing users to pay $9.99 per month for access to 300 magazines and select newspapers. One of those newspapers is The Wall Street Journal, but there are a few details worth noting about its inclusion.
The Journal reports this evening that its involvement in Apple News+ is largely due to its goal of hoping to expose additional people to its journalism:
William Lewis, chief executive of Dow Jones & Co. and publisher of the Journal, said at a meeting for newsroom staff that the deal “will enable us to get our journalism in front of millions of people who may never have paid for our journalism before.”
Meanwhile, Robert Thomson, News Corp chief executive, said that The Wall Street Journal’s partnership with Apple is an example of it making sense to partner with a tech company. Thomson has been critical of companies like Google and Facebook getting involved in the news, but he is more optimistic about Apple. “It’s important that we partner with tech companies when that makes sense,” he said.
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