Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu kweyoKwindla, iApple yaziswa Apple News +, inkonzo yokubhaliswa kwemagazini apho i-Apple ifuna ukuzama kwakhona i-Kiosk edumileyo eyayisungula kunye nesizukulwana sokuqala se-iPad kwaye, njengoko sibonayo, yaphela. Emva kokuthenga iTexture, kunyaka ophelileyo, UApple wayefuna ukubuyela kwicandelo lemagazini ngomnyango wangaphambili.
Kunyaka emva kokuthenga i-Texture, i-Apple iqalise i-Apple News +, inkonzo apho sinokufumana amaphephancwadi kuphela, malunga nama-300 ngokutsho kwakhe. Sisenokuba nokufikelela okulinganiselweyo kumxholo othile ovela kwiWall Street Journal, enye yamaziko amathathu eendaba amakhulu eUnited States. Ukusuka kwamanye amaphephandaba amakhulu, akukho nto kwaphela.
I-Apple ayizange ibhengeze uhlobo lokufikelela kuyo Wall Street Journal, kodwa xa inkonzo iqalisiwe, kuye kwenzeka ukuba kuqinisekiswe ukuba njani Ungafikelela kuphela kuhlelo kunye nezinye iindaba, hayi kuyo yonke imixholo enikezelwa leli medium ngokurhuma okumalunga ne-35 yeedola ngenyanga, nge-9,99 yeedola ngenyanga ekufuneka uyihlawulele i-Apple News +.
Kakhulu Washington Post njengaye ENew York Times Banqabile kwasekuqaleni ukuba yinxalenye yale projekthi ngaphandle kotyelelo olwahlukileyo abalufumene ku-Eddy Cue, usekela mongameli omkhulu weSoftware, i-Intanethi kunye neeNkonzo ukusukela oko bathenga iTexture. Ngokwemithombo eyahlukeneyo, uCue uthe bafuna ukuzijika zombini iimpapasho zibe ngamaphephandaba afundwa kakhulu emhlabeni.
Imithombo eyahlukeneyo ixeliwe ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwe-Apple News + ukuba zombini iWashington Post kunye neNew York Times, kunye neWall Street Journal, bezichasene nokusikwa kwe-Apple ngama-50%. Ezi media zintathu zibalaseleyo, Banenkonzo yomrhumo enababhalisi abazizigidi eziliqela abahlawula ukusuka kwi-30 yeedola ngenyanga ukuze bakwazi ukufikelela kuzo zonke izinto ezibhalwe kwiphephandaba nge-Intanethi ngaphandle kokusika ezinye iimpapasho kumajelo afanayo.
Ngokutsho kwesithethi saseWashington Post uKris Coratti, "Injongo yethu kukukhulisa isiseko sethu sobhaliso, ngoko ke ukujoyina i-Apple News + akunangqiqo kuthi okwangoku." Kwakhona uthi "u-Apple ube liqabane elihle kakhulu, siya kuqhubeka nokusebenzisana nabo kwezinye iiprojekthi eziqhubekayo kwaye sinethemba lokwenza izinto ezininzi kunye nabo kwixesha elizayo." I-Apple News + ngoku iyafumaneka eUnited States naseCanada.
